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2023 SESSION
HB 1606 Antisemitism; adoption of non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism as a tool & guide.
Introduced by: Anne Ferrell Tata | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Antisemitism. Provides that the Commonwealth adopts the non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism set forth therein, exclusively as a tool and guide for training, education, recognizing, and combating antisemitic hate crimes or discrimination and for tracking and reporting antisemitic incidents in the Commonwealth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103866D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106054D-H1 pdf
- 02/06/23 House: Floor substitute printed 23106312D-H2 ( Tata and Simon) pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1606ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments not adopted
HISTORY
- 01/06/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103866D
- 01/06/23 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/31/23 House: Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 4-N)
- 01/31/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106054D-H1
- 02/02/23 House: Read first time
- 02/03/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/23 House: Floor substitute printed 23106312D-H2 ( Tata and Simon)
- 02/06/23 House: Read second time
- 02/06/23 House: Committee on Rules substitute rejected 23106054D-H1
- 02/06/23 House: Substitute by Delegates Tata and Simon agreed to 23106312D-H2
- 02/06/23 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1606H2
- 02/07/23 House: Read third time and passed House (73-Y 25-N)
- 02/07/23 House: VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N)
- 02/08/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/17/23 Senate: Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/23 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/22/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/23 Senate: Amendment #1 by Senator Surovell withdrawn
- 02/23/23 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/23/23 Senate: Amendment by Senator Surovell rejected (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/23/23 Senate: Chair votes No
- 02/23/23 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/23/23 Senate: Amendment by Senator Dunnavant agreed to
- 02/23/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/23/23 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (32-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/23 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (67-Y 13-N)
- 02/23/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (67-Y 13-N)
- 03/07/23 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1606ER)
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/24/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 471 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/24/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471)