republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-857.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	Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.	Segregated accommodations and segregation districts for residences. Repeals Acts of Assembly that implemented (i) separate accommodations for white and African American passengers on steamboats and (ii) designation of segregation districts for residence. This bill is identical to SB 874.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 857	Virginia HB 857 (2020)	bill		enacted	Joshua G. Cole	3	21	5	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/be2e70b7-8b49-4c28-acf7-74f5ee08fee4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB857	c66d27572f3f4ee786d427714528fe7abc3b0d91004c54278a88688f6d61601b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 857 (2020) — Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.

Segregated accommodations and segregation districts for residences. Repeals Acts of Assembly that implemented (i) separate accommodations for white and African American passengers on steamboats and (ii) designation of segregation districts for residence. This bill is identical to SB 874.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1050) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB857ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB857ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102526D introduction
• 2020-01-07 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 1050 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be2e70b7-8b49-4c28-acf7-74f5ee08fee4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).