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type: "Bill"
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title: "Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created."
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description: "Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund. Creates the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund and provides that any funds that are appropriated to the Department of Historic Resources but not used for the maintenance of graves, in particular the listed historical African American cemeteries, shall be deposited in the Fund. The bill authorizes the Director of the Department to manage and administer the Fund and to disburse moneys in the Fund to maintain additional graves that have been certified by the Department and documented in the Department's cultural resources database.The bill also adds six cemeteries to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department. The cemeteries are Cuffeytown Cemetery in the City of Chesapeake, with 52 eligible graves; Newtown Cemetery in the City of Harrisonburg, with 400 eligible graves; Stanton Family Cemetery in Buckingham County, with 36 eligible graves; and three cemeteries in Arlington County: Calloway Cemetery, with 29 eligible graves, Lomax Cemetery, with 66 eligible graves, and Mount Salvation Cemetery, with 29 eligible graves. This bill is identical to HB 1523."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 881"
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citation: "Virginia SB 881 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16bc4529-2c2d-4200-81f6-1067b3f07e7d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB881"
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source_hash: "7390e69c8858219fc853787e125bbaf8643fb07764ce2b593bf4723a1dce8921"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 881 (2020) — Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
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Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund. Creates the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund and provides that any funds that are appropriated to the Department of Historic Resources but not used for the maintenance of graves, in particular the listed historical African American cemeteries, shall be deposited in the Fund. The bill authorizes the Director of the Department to manage and administer the Fund and to disburse moneys in the Fund to maintain additional graves that have been certified by the Department and documented in the Department's cultural resources database.The bill also adds six cemeteries to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department. The cemeteries are Cuffeytown Cemetery in the City of Chesapeake, with 52 eligible graves; Newtown Cemetery in the City of Harrisonburg, with 400 eligible graves; Stanton Family Cemetery in Buckingham County, with 36 eligible graves; and three cemeteries in Arlington County: Calloway Cemetery, with 29 eligible graves, Lomax Cemetery, with 66 eligible graves, and Mount Salvation Cemetery, with 29 eligible graves. This bill is identical to HB 1523.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0456)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB881ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB881ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB881E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB881E)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB881E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB881)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB881H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB881H1)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102885D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB881E
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- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB881)
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- **2020-01-27** Printed as engrossed 20102885D-E
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB881E)
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute printed 20108519D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB881H1)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20108519D-H1
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB881H1
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Title replaced 20108519D-H1
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB881ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 456 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16bc4529-2c2d-4200-81f6-1067b3f07e7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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