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type: "Bill"
title: "Women's right to vote; Va. Historical Society shall plan commemoration of centennial anniversary."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2348"
citation: "Virginia HB 2348 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy J. Byron"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-14"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f389006-f752-488e-9d11-e8dba9e917d9"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2348"
source_hash: "10a363a6f7720ebc92a0f66d705f4be3296a05f7899cdbc7c1cc4d49ef8ff059"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0618)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2348ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2348ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103401D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2348)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103401D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2348E)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105399D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2348S1)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105399D-S1 — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules with substitute — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **160** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment — **200** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **60** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f389006-f752-488e-9d11-e8dba9e917d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).