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type: "Bill"
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title: "Historical African American cemeteries; adds seven cemeteries in City of Hampton."
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description: "Adds seven cemeteries in Hampton 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 Bassette's Cemetery, containing 212 eligible graves, Elmerton Cemetery, containing 339 eligible graves, Good Samaritan Cemetery, containing 37 eligible graves, Pleasant Shade Cemetery, containing 29 eligible graves, Queen Street Cemetery, containing 14 eligible graves, the Tucker Family Cemetery, containing 15 eligible graves, and Union Street Cemetery, containing 125 eligible graves. This bill is identical to"
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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 2681"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2681 (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: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2019-01-14"
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last_action: "2019-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c912b99c-fbf8-4a61-a7e6-55e5bc19ae6a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2681"
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source_hash: "4a914fdbdb192bb6f4464657d085c3f7068d88d78fbb15d3445257e915202645"
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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 2681 (2019) — Historical African American cemeteries; adds seven cemeteries in City of Hampton.
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Adds seven cemeteries in Hampton 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 Bassette's Cemetery, containing 212 eligible graves, Elmerton Cemetery, containing 339 eligible graves, Good Samaritan Cemetery, containing 37 eligible graves, Pleasant Shade Cemetery, containing 29 eligible graves, Queen Street Cemetery, containing 14 eligible graves, the Tucker Family Cemetery, containing 15 eligible graves, and Union Street Cemetery, containing 125 eligible graves. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0257)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0257)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2681AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2681)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2681ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2681ER)
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5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19102878D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2681)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102878D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2681E)
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7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2681ASE)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (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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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
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- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosalyn R. Dance — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 19102878D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-14** 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 HB2681E
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- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19102878D-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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- **2019-02-15** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-15** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-19** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N)
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- **2019-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-19** Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 257 (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/c912b99c-fbf8-4a61-a7e6-55e5bc19ae6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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