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type: "Bill"
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title: "Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts."
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description: "Obsolete Acts of Assembly; racial inequity. Repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts of Assembly from the early 20th century. This is a recommendation of the Governor's Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. The purpose of the Commission was to identify and make \"recommendations to address laws that were intended to or could have the effect of promoting or enabling racial discrimination or inequity.\" This bill is identical to HB 1325."
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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: "SB 636"
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citation: "Virginia SB 636 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7c2dcf-ee9a-42a1-8f9e-77e68c21bae6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB636"
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source_hash: "d99ff938ebbe2b3612da4e752aafbc6305d147882ab14497b8141de7f7c990c1"
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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 SB 636 (2020) — Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts.
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Obsolete Acts of Assembly; racial inequity. Repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts of Assembly from the early 20th century. This is a recommendation of the Governor's Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. The purpose of the Commission was to identify and make "recommendations to address laws that were intended to or could have the effect of promoting or enabling racial discrimination or inequity." This bill is identical to HB 1325.
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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 (CHAP1056)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1056)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB636ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB636ER)
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3. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB636ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB636)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102524D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-07** Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1056 (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/4c7c2dcf-ee9a-42a1-8f9e-77e68c21bae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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