republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-404.md

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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	Public libraries; providing an essential service to communities of the Commonwealth.	Public libraries. Provides that it is thepolicy of the Commonwealth that public libraries are deemed to providean essential service to the communities of the Commonwealth.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 404	Virginia HB 404 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark L. Keam	3	23	6	2020-01-02	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/777d5e5f-9770-4345-8f4c-6897331b7c93	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB404	92f0e8b4eb8ca87aa386bf4a80977a9c9383f6d962a4277ec7c8a0873968f292	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 404 (2020) — Public libraries; providing an essential service to communities of the Commonwealth.

Public libraries. Provides that it is thepolicy of the Commonwealth that public libraries are deemed to providean essential service to the communities of the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB404ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB404) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark L. Keam — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103505D introduction
• 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB404)
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-29 VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB404ER)
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 54 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/777d5e5f-9770-4345-8f4c-6897331b7c93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).