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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 HB 5052. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020specialI | SB 5031 | Virginia SB 5031 (2020specialI) |
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enacted | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2020-08-13 | 2020-10-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/8a7cb759-0ea2-4198-90ab-e4b21b83b9c9 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5031 | 15ca1a1837a029209831b024304e45b5a532585e2b6599beb101dfb6b81b6573 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia SB 5031 (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 HB 5052.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5031ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB5031) (committee substitute) — source
- SB5031H1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-08-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200726D
introduction - 2020-08-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-08-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB5031)
- 2020-08-27 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-08-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-09-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-09-03 Passed by for the day
- 2020-09-04 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-09-17 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-09-17 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-09-17 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-09-21 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-09-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-09-25 Floor substitute printed 20201267D-H1 (Davis)
- 2020-09-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-09-25 Floor Substitute ruled not germane
- 2020-09-25 Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-09-25 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-10-02 Enrolled
- 2020-10-02 Signed by President
- 2020-10-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-10-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB5031ER)
- 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 5 (effective 3/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a7cb759-0ea2-4198-90ab-e4b21b83b9c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).