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| Bill | Legal holidays; Juneteenth. | Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to SB 5031. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020specialI | HB 5052 | Virginia HB 5052 (2020specialI) |
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enacted | 3 | 23 | 7 | 2020-08-17 | 2020-10-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/609c61a4-5b07-4abc-a495-39b6eee5f037 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5052 | c4ea3493b21729b6bc246939ef935766ca0be1d9e38927c8645a5440c216929d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 5052 (2020specialI) — Legal holidays; Juneteenth.
Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to SB 5031.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5052ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB5052) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-08-17 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200580D
introduction - 2020-08-17 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-08-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB5052)
- 2020-08-24 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-08-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-08-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-08-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-08-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- 2020-09-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-09-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-09-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-09-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 2020-09-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-09-25 Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-09-25 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 2020-09-25 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-10-02 Enrolled
- 2020-10-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-10-02 Signed by President
- 2020-10-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB5052ER)
- 2020-10-07 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- 2020-10-07 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- 2020-10-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 3/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/609c61a4-5b07-4abc-a495-39b6eee5f037. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).