republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-957.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	Civic Education, Commission on; increases membership, repeals sunset provision and general funding.	Commission on Civic Education; sunset and funding; membership. Repeals the sunset provision for the Commission on Civic Education and repeals a prohibition on the use of general funds to support the work of the Commission. The bill also increases and adjusts the makeup of the Commission's membership.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 957	Virginia SB 957 (2020)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	4	40	12	2020-01-14	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/2f232f20-bf85-437a-8c9e-0890afa0ca11	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB957	b233ce9f8ed161ae556327e6dde3710053814d732e5b40c0bf7a66aac1322dc6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 957 (2020) — Civic Education, Commission on; increases membership, repeals sunset provision and general funding.

Commission on Civic Education; sunset and funding; membership. Repeals the sunset provision for the Commission on Civic Education and repeals a prohibition on the use of general funds to support the work of the Commission. The bill also increases and adjusts the makeup of the Commission's membership.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1045) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB957ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB957) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB957H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N) — 2–37 (fail) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20104449D introduction
• 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB957)
• 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
• 2020-02-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Committee substitute printed 20108647D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB957H1)
• 2020-03-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20108647D-H1
• 2020-03-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB957H1
• 2020-03-03 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-04 House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
• 2020-03-05 House insisted on substitute
• 2020-03-05 House requested conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB957ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1045 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f232f20-bf85-437a-8c9e-0890afa0ca11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).