republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2406.md

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Bill	Historical African American cemeteries; adds four cemeteries in City of Martinsville.	Adds three cemeteries in Martinsville to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The cemeteries are the Matthews Cemetery, which contains eight eligible graves; the People's Cemetery, which contains 178 eligible graves; and the Smith Street Cemetery, which contains nine eligible graves.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2406	Virginia HB 2406 (2019)	bill	Conservation Ethnic Groups Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries	enacted	Les R. Adams	6	21	8	2019-01-08	2019-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/91917b7c-1513-4315-b7df-60f4701b7258	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2406	d9b06c5c70915aa25c3254aa7f5493b468e5acb78ee6dd22ca35e58ab974f982	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2406 (2019) — Historical African American cemeteries; adds four cemeteries in City of Martinsville.

Adds three cemeteries in Martinsville to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The cemeteries are the Matthews Cemetery, which contains eight eligible graves; the People's Cemetery, which contains 178 eligible graves; and the Smith Street Cemetery, which contains nine eligible graves.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2406ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102745D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19102745D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Les R. Adams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102745D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-01-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-01 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB2406E
• 2019-02-01 Printed as engrossed 19102745D-E
• 2019-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-02-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Enrolled
• 2019-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
• 2019-02-27 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 252 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91917b7c-1513-4315-b7df-60f4701b7258. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).