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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.	Institutional racial segregation and discrimination. Repeals several Acts of Assembly from 1901 to 1960 that contain provisions that implemented and enforced racial segregation and discrimination in public facilities and common carriers, on public documents, and within the office of the State Registrar. This bill is identical to SB 722.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1638	Virginia HB 1638 (2020)	bill		enacted	Alex Q. Askew	3	21	5	2020-01-16	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/97bf4dab-c15f-4668-93fc-d2ada0320035	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1638	51d8ad4f0bb856c0bc502f39eb074e6a0b4313fb281f816f67f6b71f6698b25d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1638 (2020) — Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.

Institutional racial segregation and discrimination. Repeals several Acts of Assembly from 1901 to 1960 that contain provisions that implemented and enforced racial segregation and discrimination in public facilities and common carriers, on public documents, and within the office of the State Registrar. This bill is identical to SB 722.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1059) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1638ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1638ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20102522D introduction
• 2020-01-16 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 by for the day
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 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 1059 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97bf4dab-c15f-4668-93fc-d2ada0320035. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).