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type: "Bill"
title: "Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts."
description: "Institutional racial segregation and discrimination. Repeals several Acts of Assembly from 1901 to 1960 that contain provisions that implemented and enforced racial segregation and discrimination in public facilities and common carriers, on public documents, and within the office of the State Registrar. This bill is identical to SB 722."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1638"
citation: "Virginia HB 1638 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Q. Askew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97bf4dab-c15f-4668-93fc-d2ada0320035"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1638"
source_hash: "51d8ad4f0bb856c0bc502f39eb074e6a0b4313fb281f816f67f6b71f6698b25d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1638 (2020) — Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.
Institutional racial segregation and discrimination. Repeals several Acts of Assembly from 1901 to 1960 that contain provisions that implemented and enforced racial segregation and discrimination in public facilities and common carriers, on public documents, and within the office of the State Registrar. This bill is identical to SB 722.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1059)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1059)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1638ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1638)
3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1638ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1638ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 20102522D `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from Rules (10-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed by for the day
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1059 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97bf4dab-c15f-4668-93fc-d2ada0320035`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).