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type: "Bill"
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title: "Historical African American cemeteries; adds four cemeteries in City of Martinsville."
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description: "Adds three cemeteries in Martinsville 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. The cemeteries are the Matthews Cemetery, which contains eight eligible graves; the People's Cemetery, which contains 178 eligible graves; and the Smith Street Cemetery, which contains nine eligible 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 2406"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2406 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Conservation", "Ethnic Groups", "Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
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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/91917b7c-1513-4315-b7df-60f4701b7258"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2406"
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source_hash: "d9b06c5c70915aa25c3254aa7f5493b468e5acb78ee6dd22ca35e58ab974f982"
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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 2406 (2019) — Historical African American cemeteries; adds four cemeteries in City of Martinsville.
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Adds three cemeteries in Martinsville 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. The cemeteries are the Matthews Cemetery, which contains eight eligible graves; the People's Cemetery, which contains 178 eligible graves; and the Smith Street Cemetery, which contains nine eligible 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 (CHAP0252)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0252)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2406AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2406)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2406ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2406ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102745D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2406)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102745D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2406E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Les R. Adams — primary (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 19102745D `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 amendments agreed to
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2406E
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- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19102745D-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 252 (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/91917b7c-1513-4315-b7df-60f4701b7258`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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