republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-722.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	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 HB 1638.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 722	Virginia SB 722 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jennifer L. McClellan	3	23	8	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/11cdaf8f-2ed1-453f-819b-f9d36aec9098	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB722	ead9c7327b20342f596def56c1745934d3c1bb0ff9ebbe43c502476db0bd12e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 722 (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 HB 1638.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1060) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB722ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB722ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
• Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102521D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1060 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11cdaf8f-2ed1-453f-819b-f9d36aec9098. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).