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type: "Bill"
title: "Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly."
description: "Segregated accommodations and segregation districts for residences. Repeals Acts of Assembly that implemented (i) separate accommodations for white and African American passengers on steamboats and (ii) designation of segregation districts for residence. This bill is identical to SB 874."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 857"
citation: "Virginia HB 857 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be2e70b7-8b49-4c28-acf7-74f5ee08fee4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB857"
source_hash: "c66d27572f3f4ee786d427714528fe7abc3b0d91004c54278a88688f6d61601b"
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 857 (2020) — Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.
Segregated accommodations and segregation districts for residences. Repeals Acts of Assembly that implemented (i) separate accommodations for white and African American passengers on steamboats and (ii) designation of segregation districts for residence. This bill is identical to SB 874.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1050)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1050)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB857ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB857ER)
3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB857ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB857)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102526D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** 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 1050 (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/be2e70b7-8b49-4c28-acf7-74f5ee08fee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).