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| Bill | Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created. | Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund. Creates the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund and provides that any funds that are appropriated to the Department of Historic Resources but not used for the maintenance of graves, in particular the listed historical African American cemeteries, shall be deposited in the Fund. The bill authorizes the Director of the Department to manage and administer the Fund and to disburse moneys in the Fund to maintain additional graves that have been certified by the Department and documented in the Department's cultural resources database.The bill also adds six cemeteries to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department. The cemeteries are Cuffeytown Cemetery in the City of Chesapeake, with 52 eligible graves; Newtown Cemetery in the City of Harrisonburg, with 400 eligible graves; Stanton Family Cemetery in Buckingham County, with 36 eligible graves; and three cemeteries in Arlington County: Calloway Cemetery, with 29 eligible graves, Lomax Cemetery, with 66 eligible graves, and Mount Salvation Cemetery, with 29 eligible graves. This bill incorporates HB 379, HB 905, HB 1234, and HB 1593 and is identical to SB 881. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1523 | Virginia HB 1523 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1523 (2020) — Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund. Creates the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund and provides that any funds that are appropriated to the Department of Historic Resources but not used for the maintenance of graves, in particular the listed historical African American cemeteries, shall be deposited in the Fund. The bill authorizes the Director of the Department to manage and administer the Fund and to disburse moneys in the Fund to maintain additional graves that have been certified by the Department and documented in the Department's cultural resources database.The bill also adds six cemeteries to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department. The cemeteries are Cuffeytown Cemetery in the City of Chesapeake, with 52 eligible graves; Newtown Cemetery in the City of Harrisonburg, with 400 eligible graves; Stanton Family Cemetery in Buckingham County, with 36 eligible graves; and three cemeteries in Arlington County: Calloway Cemetery, with 29 eligible graves, Lomax Cemetery, with 66 eligible graves, and Mount Salvation Cemetery, with 29 eligible graves. This bill incorporates HB 379, HB 905, HB 1234, and HB 1593 and is identical to SB 881.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1523ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1523H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1523) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1523S1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-09 Presented and ordered printed 20102879D
introduction - 2020-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1523)
- 2020-02-05 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107734D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-05 Incorporates HB1593 (Fariss)
- 2020-02-05 Incorporates HB905 (Hayes)
- 2020-02-05 Incorporates HB379 (Sullivan)
- 2020-02-05 Incorporates HB1234 (Wilt)
- 2020-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20107734D-H1
- 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1523H1
- 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-10 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1523H1)
- 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108494D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1523S1)
- 2020-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108494D-S1
- 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1523S1
- 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-26 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108494D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-03 Enrolled
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1523ER)
- 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 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
- 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 455 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa541e41-5716-482b-916d-4a95972c587c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).