republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-158.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund; created."
description: "Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund established. Establishes the Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund for the purpose of awarding grants to eligible state-recognized and federally recognized Indian tribes, private nonprofit organizations, and localities for the eligible costs of acquiring land or permanent protective interest therein, and of undertaking preservation activities on such land, that is of cultural or historic significance to Black, indigenous, or people of color communities. The bill provides that land or interests acquired with grant funds shall grant the Board of Historic Resources or other holder a perpetual preservation interest in the property. This bill is identical to HB 141."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 158"
citation: "Virginia SB 158 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9043253-59b1-48a5-8c62-efb30bcab556"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB158"
source_hash: "1d5e1f4bdd24b65603176f2e1a7c1ed81966bc5e12bc0fdcf198a2f7494200bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 158 (2022) — Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund; created.

Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund established. Establishes the Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund for the purpose of awarding grants to eligible state-recognized and federally recognized Indian tribes, private nonprofit organizations, and localities for the eligible costs of acquiring land or permanent protective interest therein, and of undertaking preservation activities on such land, that is of cultural or historic significance to Black, indigenous, or people of color communities. The bill provides that land or interests acquired with grant funds shall grant the Board of Historic Resources or other holder a perpetual preservation interest in the property. This bill is identical to HB 141.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0186)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103144D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB158)
3. **SB158ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB158ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N 1-A) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103144D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB158)
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB158ER)
- **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
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 186 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9043253-59b1-48a5-8c62-efb30bcab556`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).