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type: "Bill"
title: "Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 722"
citation: "Virginia SB 722 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11cdaf8f-2ed1-453f-819b-f9d36aec9098"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB722"
source_hash: "ead9c7327b20342f596def56c1745934d3c1bb0ff9ebbe43c502476db0bd12e5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1060)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB722ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB722)
3. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB722ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB722ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **360** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11cdaf8f-2ed1-453f-819b-f9d36aec9098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).