republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2348.md

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Bill	Women's right to vote; Va. Historical Society shall plan commemoration of centennial anniversary.	Provides that the Virginia Historical Society shall plan and lead the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of women's right to vote in 2020. The bill creates a 12-member task force to assist the Virginia Historical Society, in collaboration with the Library of Virginia, the Department of Education, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, the VCU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, and interested civic and community organizations, in planning, developing, and performing programs and activities appropriate to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The provisions of the bill expire on January 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2348	Virginia HB 2348 (2017)	bill		enacted	Kathy J. Byron	5	25	9	2017-01-14	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/2f389006-f752-488e-9d11-e8dba9e917d9	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2348	10a363a6f7720ebc92a0f66d705f4be3296a05f7899cdbc7c1cc4d49ef8ff059	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2348 (2017) — Women's right to vote; Va. Historical Society shall plan commemoration of centennial anniversary.

Provides that the Virginia Historical Society shall plan and lead the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of women's right to vote in 2020. The bill creates a 12-member task force to assist the Virginia Historical Society, in collaboration with the Library of Virginia, the Department of Education, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, the VCU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, and interested civic and community organizations, in planning, developing, and performing programs and activities appropriate to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The provisions of the bill expire on January 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2348ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17103401D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17103401D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105399D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105399D-S1 — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rules — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rules with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 6–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)
• Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin L. Cline — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
• C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
• Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
• Daun S. Hester — cosponsor (person)
• David B. Albo — cosponsor (person)
• David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
• David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• G. Manoli Loupassi — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
• James M. LeMunyon — cosponsor (person)
• James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III — cosponsor (person)
• Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• John M. O'Bannon, III — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
• M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
• Peter F. Farrell — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
• Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
• Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
• T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
• Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 17103401D introduction
• 2017-01-14 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB2348E
• 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17103401D-E
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-17 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 17105399D-S1
• 2017-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2348S1
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105399D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 618 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f389006-f752-488e-9d11-e8dba9e917d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).