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| Bill | Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts. | Obsolete Acts of Assembly; racial inequity. Repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts of Assembly from the early 20th century. This is a recommendation of the Governor's Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. The purpose of the Commission was to identify and make "recommendations to address laws that were intended to or could have the effect of promoting or enabling racial discrimination or inequity." This bill is identical to SB 636. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1325 | Virginia HB 1325 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1325 (2020) — Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts.
Obsolete Acts of Assembly; racial inequity. Repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts of Assembly from the early 20th century. This is a recommendation of the Governor's Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. The purpose of the Commission was to identify and make "recommendations to address laws that were intended to or could have the effect of promoting or enabling racial discrimination or inequity." This bill is identical to SB 636.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1055) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1325ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1325ER) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Rules (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102523D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2020-01-31 Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2020-02-28 Reported from Rules (10-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-06 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1055 (effective 7/1/20)
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Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4ede4f8-c0dc-4625-9d0c-8ccc9d3b417b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).