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| Bill | Slavery & Subsequent De Jure & De Facto Racial & Economic Discrimination, Com. to Study; created. | Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans; report; sunset. Creates the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans to (i) study the current impact and long-term inequities of slavery and the subsequent state-sanctioned de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination practiced against African Americans and (ii) make recommendations to the General Assembly on appropriate remedies. The bill requires the Commission to annually submit a report on its interim activity and work to the Governor and the General Assembly. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1519 | Virginia HB 1519 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1519 (2020) — Slavery & Subsequent De Jure & De Facto Racial & Economic Discrimination, Com. to Study; created.
Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans; report; sunset. Creates the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans to (i) study the current impact and long-term inequities of slavery and the subsequent state-sanctioned de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination practiced against African Americans and (ii) make recommendations to the General Assembly on appropriate remedies. The bill requires the Commission to annually submit a report on its interim activity and work to the Governor and the General Assembly. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1043) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1519ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1519) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N) — 0–99 (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Presented and ordered printed 20105093D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 2020-01-28 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
referral-committee - 2020-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (21-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 - 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1519)
- 2020-02-21 Reported from Rules with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-25 Reading of amendments waived
- 2020-02-25 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-02-25 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2020-02-25 Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-27 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-27 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 100-N)
- 2020-02-27 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
- 2020-03-02 Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 1-N)
- 2020-03-02 Senate requested conference committee
- 2020-03-03 House acceded to request
- 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by House
- 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
- 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 2020-03-18 Enrolled
- 2020-03-18 Signed by President
- 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1519ER)
- 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1043 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8afdbcfa-24ea-435a-a8dd-ac26b03db74d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).