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War memorials for veterans; removal, relocation, etc.

Memorials for war veterans. Provides that a locality may remove, relocate, contextualize, or cover any monument or memorial for war veterans on the locality's public property, not including a monument or memorial located in a publicly owned cemetery, regardless of when the monument or memorial was erected, and removes certain criminal and civil penalties. Current law makes it unlawful to disturb or interfere with such monuments or memorials or to prevent citizens from taking proper measures and exercising proper means for the protection, preservation, and care of such monuments or memorials. Prior to removing, relocating, contextualizing, or covering any such publicly owned monument or memorial, the local governing body shall publish notice of such intent in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality. The notice shall specify the time and place of a public hearing at which interested persons may present their views, not less than 30 days after publication of the notice. After the completion of the hearing, the governing body may vote whether to remove, relocate, contextualize, or cover the monument or memorial. If the governing body votes to remove, relocate, contextualize, or cover the monument or memorial, the local governing body shall first, for a period of 30 days, offer the monument or memorial for relocation and placement to any museum, historical society, government, or military battlefield. The local governing body shall have sole authority to determine the final disposition of the monument or memorial. The bill authorizes the local governing body to call for an advisory referendum prior to voting on such motion. The bill repeals an 1890 act of assembly related to the placement of a statue in the City of Alexandria and does not apply to a monument or memorial located on the property of a public institution of higher education within the City of Lexington. The bill also provides that the Board of Historic Resources shall promulgate regulations governing the manner in which any monument or memorial may be contextualized. This bill incorporates HB1625 and is identical to SB 183.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 1537

Virginia HB 1537 (2020)

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Delores L. McQuinn

2020-01-10

2020-04-10

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ocd-bill/f8e87971-1172-4c0f-b9c0-9049d8029bd6

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1537

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

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Virginia HB 1537 (2020) — War memorials for veterans; removal, relocation, etc.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1101) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1537ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1537EH1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1537S1 (committee substitute) — source
HB1537H1 (committee substitute) — source
HB1537H2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Senate insisted on substitute (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 6-N) — 8–6 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) — 21–17 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N) — 51–43 (pass) · lower
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N) — 23–15 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-10 Presented and ordered printed 20102770D introduction
2020-01-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
2020-02-07 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107987D-H1 substitution
2020-02-07 Incorporates HB1625 (Hudson)
2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-10 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107987D-H1
2020-02-10 Amendments by Delegate McQuinn agreed to amendment-passage
2020-02-10 Amendments by Delegate Poindexter withdrawn amendment-withdrawal
2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1537EH1
2020-02-10 Printed as engrossed 20107987D-EH1
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
2020-03-02 Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-03-02 Committee substitute printed 20109421D-S1 substitution
2020-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20109421D-S1
2020-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1537S1
2020-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) passage
2020-03-05 Placed on Calendar
2020-03-05 Senate substitute rejected by House 20109421D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
2020-03-05 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
2020-03-05 Senate insisted on substitute (25-Y 14-N)
2020-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-05 House acceded to request
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109855D-H2
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 43-N)
2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N)
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
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 1101 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8e87971-1172-4c0f-b9c0-9049d8029bd6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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