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Bill Historical African American cemeteries and graves; qualified organization, eligibility for funding. Historical African American cemeteries; disbursement of funds; qualified organization. Expands the definition of a qualified organization that may receive funds for maintenance of a historical African American cemetery to include any locality whose purpose for applying for funding from the Department of Historic Resources is to maintain a neglected historical African American cemetery, or a portion thereof, that is located within its jurisdictional bounds. The bill also creates an exemption by allowing localities that are eligible for funding for the maintenance and care of historical African American cemeteries to apply to the Director of the Department for a grant to perform extraordinary maintenance, renovation, repair, or reconstruction on any such cemeteries and graves without first having received initial funding for the maintenance and care of those cemeteries and graves. Current law requires a qualified organization to apply for any such grant only after it has received initial funding for the maintenance and care of a historical African American cemetery. This bill is identical to SB 23. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 727 Virginia HB 727 (2022)
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Virginia HB 727 (2022) — Historical African American cemeteries and graves; qualified organization, eligibility for funding.

Historical African American cemeteries; disbursement of funds; qualified organization. Expands the definition of a qualified organization that may receive funds for maintenance of a historical African American cemetery to include any locality whose purpose for applying for funding from the Department of Historic Resources is to maintain a neglected historical African American cemetery, or a portion thereof, that is located within its jurisdictional bounds. The bill also creates an exemption by allowing localities that are eligible for funding for the maintenance and care of historical African American cemeteries to apply to the Director of the Department for a grant to perform extraordinary maintenance, renovation, repair, or reconstruction on any such cemeteries and graves without first having received initial funding for the maintenance and care of those cemeteries and graves. Current law requires a qualified organization to apply for any such grant only after it has received initial funding for the maintenance and care of a historical African American cemetery. This bill is identical to SB 23.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0541 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB727ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102360D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
  • Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
  • Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102360D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2022-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB727)
  • 2022-01-24 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 2022-02-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-02 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-02-02 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2022-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-09 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-03 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB727ER)
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
  • 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 541 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc8ef066-cdb8-4525-a9dd-884f7b8b9d34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).