SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2019 SESSION
HB 2739 Historical African American cemeteries; adds six in City of Alexandria.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Historical African American cemeteries; City of Alexandria. Adds six cemeteries in Alexandria to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves. The cemeteries are the Baptist Cemetery at the African American Heritage Park, which contains 28 eligible graves; the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, which contains 631 eligible graves; the Douglass Cemetery, which contains 83 eligible graves; the Lebanon Union Cemetery, which contains 53 eligible graves; the Methodist Protestant Cemetery, which contains 1,134 eligible graves; and the Penny Hill Cemetery, which contains 14 eligible graves.
FULL TEXT
- 01/16/19 House: Presented and ordered printed 19104603D pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2739ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/16/19 House: Presented and ordered printed 19104603D
- 01/16/19 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/21/19 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/23/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/19 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/19 House: Read first time
- 02/01/19 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/04/19 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/11/19 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/13/19 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/19 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2739ER)
- 02/20/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- 02/27/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/08/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 260 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/08/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260)