---
type: "Bill"
title: "African American cemeteries and graves; appropriations by DHR."
description: "African American cemeteries and graves; appropriations by DHR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1062"
citation: "Virginia SB 1062 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spruill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c299ee3-dea5-46f5-816c-dd01f1756c25"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1062"
source_hash: "884f964d35e4dae09a29cff5979cddcf94d695e558dbd7c582a36a3740f77267"
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 SB 1062 (2023) — African American cemeteries and graves; appropriations by DHR.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0096** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0096)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105181D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1062S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101294D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1062)
4. **SB1062ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1062ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spruill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101294D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB1062)
- **2023-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105181D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1062S1)
- **2023-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105181D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1062S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1062ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1062ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c299ee3-dea5-46f5-816c-dd01f1756c25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).