---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring & Diverse Communities, Commission on; extends sunset"
description: "Extends the sunset date of the Commission from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2814"
citation: "Virginia HB 2814 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James W. Morefield"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce3c0594-d0b7-4155-a258-1366ab5f02b3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2814"
source_hash: "dfb7c6fa13b46899e9eada14bccd464ccc2d15d567cd34805531e5fb092273d3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2814 (2019) — Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring & Diverse Communities, Commission on; extends sunset

Extends the sunset date of the Commission from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2020.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0525)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2814ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2814ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19106157D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2814)
4. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2814ASE)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–99** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by House — **92–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James W. Morefield — primary (person)
- Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-30** Unanimous consent to introduce
- **2019-01-30** Presented and ordered printed 19106157D `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
- **2019-02-21** Senate requested conference committee
- **2019-02-21** House acceded to request
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2019-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2019-02-23** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N)
- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce3c0594-d0b7-4155-a258-1366ab5f02b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).