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type: "Bill"
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title: "Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in City of Suffolk."
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description: "Adds Oak Lawn Cemetery in Suffolk, with 468 eligible graves, to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2311"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2311 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Conservation", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Ethnic Groups", "Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b70c35a6-b38e-4a95-b23a-ae66f1fadd25"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2311"
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source_hash: "6667d2562e1eb2eb7a8836ce0a24cd03b09d914b22f967b94a973cf639086781"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2311 (2019) — Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in City of Suffolk.
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Adds Oak Lawn Cemetery in Suffolk, with 468 eligible graves, to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0251)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2311AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2311)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2311ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2311ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103123D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2311)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103123D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2311E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew James - Resigned 5/19 — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103123D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2311E
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- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19103123D-E
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 251 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b70c35a6-b38e-4a95-b23a-ae66f1fadd25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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