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2022 SESSION
SB 477 Historical African American cemeteries; changes date of establishment for qualification of funds.
Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Historical African American cemeteries. Changes the date of establishment that qualifies historical African American cemeteries for appropriated funds to care for such cemeteries from prior to January 1, 1900, to prior to January 1, 1948, and provides that the total number of graves in a qualifying cemetery shall be the number of markers of African Americans who were interred in such cemetery prior to January 1, 1948. Under current law, the total number of graves is the number of markers of African Americans who lived at any time between January 1, 1800, and January 1, 1900. This bill is identical to HB 140.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101065D pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/22 Senate: Printed as engrossed 22101065D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB477ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101065D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/02/22 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/09/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Printed as engrossed 22101065D-E
- 02/11/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/22 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/11/22 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB477E
- 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/22 House: Read first time
- 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 03/02/22 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/22 House: Read second time
- 03/07/22 House: Read third time
- 03/07/22 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/10/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB477ER)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/07/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/07/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)