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Bill Elementary and secondary schools, etc.; repealing several Acts relating to racial segregation. Elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; racial segregation; repeal of provisions. Repeals several Acts of Assembly from 1901 to 1960 that contain provisions relating to the racial segregation of students in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 600. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 973 Virginia HB 973 (2020)
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Virginia HB 973 (2020) — Elementary and secondary schools, etc.; repealing several Acts relating to racial segregation.

Elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; racial segregation; repeal of provisions. Repeals several Acts of Assembly from 1901 to 1960 that contain provisions relating to the racial segregation of students in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 600.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0110) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB973ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB973) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — 180 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102514D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
  • 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB973)
  • 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 Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (13-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
  • 2020-02-20 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB973ER)
  • 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
  • 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
  • 2020-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 110 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e1039d8-63fd-44c1-ace8-cef0cb2b1d19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).