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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 incorporates SB 76 and is identical to HB 727. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 23 Virginia SB 23 (2022)
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Virginia SB 23 (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 incorporates SB 76 and is identical to HB 727.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0540 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22105857D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101377D (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB23ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 350 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
  • Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
  • Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101377D introduction
  • 2021-12-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB23)
  • 2022-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-02 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-02 Committee substitute printed 22105857D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-02-02 Incorporates SB76 (Norment)
  • 2022-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB23S1)
  • 2022-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2022-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22105857D-S1
  • 2022-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB23S1
  • 2022-02-08 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2022-02-22 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-07 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-10 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB23ER)
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
  • 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 540 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36922311-f643-4271-bc3c-83f63b304787. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).