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---
type: "Bill"
title: "African American cemeteries and graves; appropriations DHR."
description: "African American cemeteries and graves; appropriations DHR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2244"
citation: "Virginia HB 2244 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordoza"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf893d17-317e-4ea2-8667-2ebddf8c7737"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2244"
source_hash: "7b741dcd1842eab72411fba83cb6db383b328b73393d2e99b673cb64c3d0a9a6"
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 2244 (2023) — African American cemeteries and graves; appropriations DHR.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0095** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0095)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105334D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2244H1)
3. **HB2244ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2244ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101293D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2244)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cordoza — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101293D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB2244)
- **2023-01-18** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB2244)
- **2023-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105334D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2244H1)
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105334D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2244H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2244ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2244ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 95 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0095)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf893d17-317e-4ea2-8667-2ebddf8c7737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).