republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-139.md

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Bill	Slavery & Subsqt. De Jure & De Facto Racial & Econ. Discrimination Against African Americans; study.	Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent DeJure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against AfricanAmericans; expiration. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024,the expiration of the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent DeJure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against AfricanAmericans. The bill also provides for the nonlegislative citizen membersof the Commission to continue to serve for the duration of the extension.This bill is identical to SB 151.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 139	Virginia HB 139 (2022)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	3	23	6	2022-01-07	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/ad7a117a-d71e-4fe9-9165-1e885257a8a0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB139	ad3414c58cc1bdf114bb1c5645457fb8319bce82bef78b91de15b1eaf6390f95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 139 (2022) — Slavery & Subsqt. De Jure & De Facto Racial & Econ. Discrimination Against African Americans; study.

Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent DeJure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against AfricanAmericans; expiration. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024,the expiration of the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent DeJure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against AfricanAmericans. The bill also provides for the nonlegislative citizen membersof the Commission to continue to serve for the duration of the extension.This bill is identical to SB 151.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0586 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB139ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100692D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100692D introduction
• 2022-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB139)
• 2022-02-02 Assigned Rules sub: Studies referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-10 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-11 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-14 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2022-02-25 Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-03 Enrolled
• 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB139ER)
• 2022-03-04 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 586 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad7a117a-d71e-4fe9-9165-1e885257a8a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).