republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-587.md

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Bill	Baby changing facilities; DGS to implement in public buildings.	Department of General Services; baby changingfacilities in restrooms located in public buildings. Directsthe Director of the Department of General Services to develop andimplement policies that require every restroom designated for publicuse in any public building on property that is owned, leased, orcontrolled by the Commonwealth to be equipped with baby changing facilities that are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate. The bill defines "baby changing facility" to mean a table or other device suitablefor changing the diaper of a child age three or younger.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 587	Virginia HB 587 (2020)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth R. Guzman	4	33	8	2020-01-06	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/1b67f315-deac-4176-9147-ee87e375db26	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB587	8cc83f5c7b629e02b10cdcec166067e3155b76ea903a76f0e5d5461f97d58615	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 587 (2020) — Baby changing facilities; DGS to implement in public buildings.

Department of General Services; baby changingfacilities in restrooms located in public buildings. Directsthe Director of the Department of General Services to develop andimplement policies that require every restroom designated for publicuse in any public building on property that is owned, leased, orcontrolled by the Commonwealth to be equipped with baby changing facilities that are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate. The bill defines "baby changing facility" to mean a table or other device suitablefor changing the diaper of a child age three or younger.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB587ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB587) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB587H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100074D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB587)
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-23 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-23 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Committee substitute printed 20106495D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB587H1)
• 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20106495D-H1
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB587H1
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-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 (HB587ER)
• 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 49 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b67f315-deac-4176-9147-ee87e375db26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).