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type: "Bill"
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title: "Historical African American cemeteries; adds six in City of Alexandria."
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description: "Historical African American cemeteries; adds six in City of Alexandria."
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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 2739"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2739 (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: ["Charniele L. Herring"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-16"
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last_action: "2019-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f7517f4-2766-4368-bec2-0aa01e7a4cd1"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2739"
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source_hash: "b3e1498e29ed66a78602aa65fdafacac79e553fc4a956cf2558b912d7d934774"
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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 2739 (2019) — Historical African American cemeteries; adds six in City of Alexandria.
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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 (CHAP0260)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0260)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2739ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2739ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104603D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2739)
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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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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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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 General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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- George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 19104603D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** 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 and engrossed `reading-2`
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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 260 (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/0f7517f4-2766-4368-bec2-0aa01e7a4cd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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