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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public libraries; providing an essential service to communities of the Commonwealth."
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description: "Public libraries. Provides that it is thepolicy of the Commonwealth that public libraries are deemed to providean essential service to the communities of the Commonwealth."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 404"
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citation: "Virginia HB 404 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-02"
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last_action: "2020-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/777d5e5f-9770-4345-8f4c-6897331b7c93"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB404"
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source_hash: "92f0e8b4eb8ca87aa386bf4a80977a9c9383f6d962a4277ec7c8a0873968f292"
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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 404 (2020) — Public libraries; providing an essential service to communities of the Commonwealth.
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Public libraries. Provides that it is thepolicy of the Commonwealth that public libraries are deemed to providean essential service to the communities of the Commonwealth.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0054)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB404ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB404ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB404)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB404)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103505D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB404)
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- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-29** VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB404ER)
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- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
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- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
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- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 54 (effective 7/1/20) `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/777d5e5f-9770-4345-8f4c-6897331b7c93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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