republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-896.md

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Bill	Segregation in transportation; repeals certain Acts.	Segregation in transportation. Repeals acts of assembly chapters from 1901, 1906, and 1959 requiring and facilitating segregation on railcars, streetcars, and buses. This bill is identical to HB 914.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 896	Virginia SB 896 (2020)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	3	20	5	2020-01-08	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/7b033f13-8bbd-4a2a-8ea1-dd89c2bec315	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB896	5f48c0878d89c9bc3ca8895279739713e44640ab3ba5489de3c3cac8be01e9ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 896 (2020) — Segregation in transportation; repeals certain Acts.

Segregation in transportation. Repeals acts of assembly chapters from 1901, 1906, and 1959 requiring and facilitating segregation on railcars, streetcars, and buses. This bill is identical to HB 914.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1053) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB896ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB896ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102513D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 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 1053 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b033f13-8bbd-4a2a-8ea1-dd89c2bec315. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).