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ACROSS SESSIONS

Ethnic Groups (1995 thru present)
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  • 2006 - HR 13 Czechoslovakian-Americans and their descendants; extending recognition thereto.
  • 2006 - SB 349 Halal and kosher food; regulation of sale, penalty.
  • 2006 - SB 662 Minority Business Enterprise, Department of; certification of small, woman- or minority-owned.
  • 2006 - SJ 105 Standards of Learning assess.; to consider increase in certain studies related to minorities.
  • 2006 - SJ 152 Officially recognizing the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe.
  • 2006 - SJ 190 Commending Virginia's Asian and Pacific American communities.
  • 2007 - HB 3043 Health Commissioner; required to designate licensed physician to oversee minority health efforts.
  • 2007 - HB 3175 Virginia-Africa Advisory Board; created, report.
  • 2007 - HJ 728 Discrimination & injustice; General Assembly to acknowledge & express regret for State's role in.
  • 2007 - HJ 775 Lunar New Year & other Asian observances; importance to Asian & Pacific American communities.
  • 2007 - SJ 332 Discrimination & injustice; General Assembly to acknowledge & express regret for State's role in.
  • 2008 - HB 1554 Public Procurement Act; awarding of contracts to small, women-, or minority-owned businesses.
  • 2008 - SJ 46 Mental Health Needs & Treatment of Minority Young Adults; Joint Commission on Health Care Studying.
  • 2009 - HJ 680 Native Americans of Virginia; General Assembly to support establishment of commemorative commission.
  • 2010 - HB 615 Public Procurement Act; small, women, minority, and service disabled veteran-owned businesses.
  • 2012 - HJ 64 Virginia General Assembly; recognizing African American members elected during Reconstruction.
  • 2012 - HJ 65 Sesquicentennial of Emancipation Proclamation; recognizing African American members.
  • 2012 - HR 57 Commemorating the arrival of Africans to Virginia.
  • 2012 - SJ 13 Sesquicentennial of Emancipation Proclamation; recognizing African American members.
  • 2012 - SJ 89 Virginia General Assembly; recognizing African American members elected during Reconstruction.
  • 2013 - HJ 744 United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated; State Recognition.
  • 2013 - SJ 73 Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia; recognizes existence within State, etc.
  • 2013 - SJ 300 Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia, etc.; State recognition.
  • 2013 - SJ 326 Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia; State recognition.
  • 2013 - SJ 354 United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated; State Recognition.
  • 2014 - HJ 175 Physicians, nineteenth-century; VCU to memorialize contributions of African American cadavers.
  • 2014 - SJ 87 Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated; extends state recognition.
  • 2015 - HB 2148 Virginia Public Procurement Act; small, women-owned, & minority-owned businesses, defines business.
  • 2015 - HJ 542 Burial sites of enslaved persons; Department of Historic Resources to study related issues.
  • 2015 - SB 854 Small, Women-owned, and Minority-owned Business Loan Fund; established.
  • 2015 - SB 1032 Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; created, report, eliminates ABC Board.
  • 2015 - SJ 87 Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated; General Assembly to extend state recognition.
  • 2016 - HB 122 Preservation of History of Formerly Enslaved African Americans in Va., Commission on; established.
  • 2017 - HB 1547 Historical African American cemeteries/graves; disbursement of funds appropriated for preservation.
  • 2017 - HB 2296 African Americans, formerly enslaved; identification of history in Virginia.
  • 2017 - HJ 569 Recognition as genocide; atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
  • 2017 - SJ 397 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of African American students in residence.
  • 2018 - HB 284 Historical African American cemeteries; owners and localities receiving funds.
  • 2018 - HB 360 Historical African American cemeteries; adds Daughters of Zion Cemetery in Charlottesville to list.
  • 2018 - HJ 54 Japanese Americans in World War II; commemorative postage stamp.
  • 2018 - HJ 92 Civil rights and dignity; affirming the Commonwealth's commitment to diversity and safeguarding.
  • 2018 - HR 5 Indian tribes in Virginia, certain; memorizing United States Senate to federally recognize.
  • 2018 - SB 163 Historical African American cemeteries and graves; adds cemetery at Belmont in Loudoun County.
  • 2018 - SB 198 Historical African American cemeteries and graves; adds Mt. Calvary Cemetery in City of Portsmouth.
  • 2018 - SJ 6 Teacher licensing process; Department of Education to study.
  • 2018 - SJ 42 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; extends state recognition within the Commonwealth.
  • 2019 - HB 1973 Historical African American cemeteries; adds two cemeteries in Pulaski County.
  • 2019 - HB 2311 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in City of Suffolk.
  • 2019 - HB 2406 Historical African American cemeteries; adds four cemeteries in City of Martinsville.
  • 2019 - HB 2681 Historical African American cemeteries; adds seven cemeteries in City of Hampton.
  • 2019 - HB 2739 Historical African American cemeteries; adds six in City of Alexandria.
  • 2019 - HB 2767 Virginia African American Advisory Board; established, report.
  • 2019 - HJ 655 Lynching; acknowledging with profound regret the existence and acceptance within the Commonwealth.
  • 2019 - SB 1128 Historical African American cemeteries; adds seven cemeteries in City of Hampton.
  • 2019 - SJ 6 Teacher licensing process; Department of Education to study.
  • 2020 - HB 210 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in Montgomery County and City of Radford.
  • 2020 - HB 314 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in Loudoun County.
  • 2020 - HB 379 Historical African American cemeteries; adds three cemeteries in Arlington County.
  • 2020 - HB 857 Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.
  • 2020 - HB 905 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in City of Chesapeake.
  • 2020 - HB 914 Segregation in transportation; repeals certain Acts.
  • 2020 - HB 1234 Historical African American cemeteries; adds Newtown Cemetery in City of Harrisonburg.
  • 2020 - HB 1523 Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
  • 2020 - HB 1593 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in Buckingham County.
  • 2020 - HJ 91 Civil rights and dignity of all Virginians; affirming the Commonwealth's commitment to diversity.
  • 2020 - HJ 144 James River bateaumen; recognizing their contributions to Virginia History.
  • 2020 - HR 59 Uyghurs; human rights crisis.
  • 2020 - SB 722 Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.
  • 2020 - SB 881 Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
  • 2020 - SJ 78 African American legislators; commemorating 150th anniv. of swearing in to serve General Assembly.
  • 2020 - SR 44 Uyghurs; human rights crisis.
  • 2020 (ss1) - HR 570 Racism; recognizing as a public health crisis.
  • 2020 (ss1) - HR 582 Racism; recognizing as a public health crisis, VDH encouraged to consider steps to address.
  • 2020 (ss1) - SB 5090 COVID-19 virus; Commissioner of Health shall make information available to public on a website.
  • 2021 - HB 1980 Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report.
  • 2021 - HB 1990 Criminal justice legislation; racial and ethnic impact statements.
  • 2021 - HJ 537 Racism; General Assembly to recognize as a public health crisis.
  • 2021 - HJ 618 Racism & racist ideologies; condemns all forms of hate, bigotry, etc., & discrimination.
  • 2021 (ss1) - HB 1980 Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report.
  • 2021 (ss1) - HB 1990 Criminal justice legislation; racial and ethnic impact statements.