Historical African American cemeteries; changes date of establishment for qualification of funds.
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SB 477 — Historical African American cemeteries; changes date of establishment for qualification of funds.
Last action — Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/22)
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2022. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on April 07, 2022.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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3 sponsors
1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 7 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
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.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
111 added · 111 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendment to Bill SB 477 updated the definition of a "historical African American cemetery," changing the establishment date from before January 1, 1900, to before January 1, 1948. This change is significant because it expands the scope of cemeteries eligible for preservation and funding, allowing for more historical sites to receive the care and attention they deserve. By including cemeteries from a later period, the amendment acknowledges a broader range of African American history and heritage that needs to be preserved.
SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2022 SESSION CHAPTER E187 An Act to amend and reenact § 10.1-2211.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historical African American cemeteries.
R O [S 477] Approved LApril L7, 2022 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
E § 10.1-2211.2.
Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for historical African AmericanDAmerican cemeteries and graves.
§"Fund" 10.1-2211.3.smeans the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund created pursuant to "Historical§ African10.1-2211.3. American cemetery" means a cemetery that was established prior to January 1, 1900 1948, for interments of African Americans.
"Qualified"Historical organization"African American cemetery" means a charitablecemetery corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust that haswas beenestablished grantedprior tax-exemptto statusJanuary under1, §1948, 501(c)(3)for ofinterments the Internal Revenue Code and whose priSary purpose is the preservation of historical cemeteries and graves or any person or locality that owns a historical African AmericanAmericans. cemetery.
7"Qualified B.organization" means a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust that has been granted tax-exempt status under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and whose primary purpose is the preservation of historical cemeteries and graves or any person or locality that owns a historical African American cemetery.
AtB. the direction of the Director, the Comptroller of the Commonwealth shall draw an annuaE warrant upon the State Treasurer from any sum that may be provided to the Department in the general appropriation act for the purpose of maintaining qualifying cemeteries and graves pursuant to this section.
At the direction of the Director, the Comptroller of the Commonwealth shall draw an annual warrant upon the State Treasurer from any sum that may be provided to the Department in the general appropriation act for the purpose of maintaining qualifying cemeteries and graves pursuant to this section.
Such number of graves, monuments, and markers, as documented by the qualified organization, shall be multiplied by the rate of $5 or the average actual cost of routine maintenance of a grave, monument, or marker, whichever is greater, to determine thealthe amount of the allocation.
Arlington Calloway Cemetery 29 Lomax Cemetery 66 Mount Salvation Cemetery 29 BStantonBuckingham Stanton Family Cemetery 36 Henrico East End Cemetery 4,875 Loudoun African-AmericanBurial Ground for the Enslaved at Belmont 44 Mt.
Zion Old School Baptist Church Cemetery 33 MWakeMontgomery Wake Forest Cemetery 40 Westview Cemetery 47 Pulaski New River Cemetery 33 West Dublin Cemetery 44 IN THE CITY OF:
ABaptistAlexandria Baptist Cemetery of the African American Heritage Park 28 Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery 631 Douglass Cemetery 83 Lebanon Union Cemetery 53 of 2 Methodist Protestant Cemetery 1,134 Penny Hill Cemetery 14 of 2 Charlottesville Daughters of Zion Cemetery 192 Chesapeake Cuffeytown Cemetery 52 Hampton Bassette's Cemetery 212 Elmerton Cemetery 339 Good Samaritan Cemetery 37 Pleasant Shade Cemetery 29 Queen Street Cemetery 14 Tucker Family Cemetery 15 Union Street Cemetery 125 Harrisonburg Newtown Cemetery 400 Martinsville Matthews Cemetery 8 The People's Cemetery 178 Smith Street Cemetery 9 Portsmouth Mt.
View plain text versions (4)
- CHAP0187 View text Current pdf April 07, 2022
- SB477ER View text pdf March 10, 2022
- Engrossed Printed as engrossed 22101065D-E pdf February 11, 2022
- Prefiled Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101065D pdf January 11, 2022
Action History
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Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/22)
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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Signed by Speaker
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Signed by President
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Impact statement from DPB (SB477ER)
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Enrolled
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VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
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Read third time
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Read second time
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Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Read first time
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Placed on Calendar
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Impact statement from DPB (SB477E)
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Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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Engrossed by Senate as amended SB477E
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Committee amendment agreed to
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Reading of amendment waived
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Read second time
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Printed as engrossed 22101065D-E
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Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
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Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
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Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
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Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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Impact statement from DPB (SB477)
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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101065D
Sponsors
- Jennifer L. McClellan · Primary
- Betsy B. Carr · Cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Jennifer L. McClellan
Co-sponsors (2)
Not signed on (145)
145 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 97 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 97 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (99)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (22)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alfonso H. Lopez | — | Yea |
| Angelia Williams Graves | — | Yea |
| Bulova, David L. | — | Yea |
| Chris S. Runion | — | Yea |
| Dan I. Helmer | — | Yea |
| Edmunds, James E., II | — | Yea |
| Fariss, C. Matthew | — | Yea |
| Filler-Corn, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. | — | Yea |
| Gooditis, Wendy W. | — | Yea |
| Kathy K.L. Tran | — | Yea |
| Marshall, Daniel W., III | — | Yea |
| Michael J. Webert | — | Yea |
| Orrock, Robert D., Sr. | — | Yea |
| Plum, Kenneth R. | — | Yea |
| R. Lee Ware | — | Yea |
| Ransone, Margaret B. | — | Yea |
| Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Rodney T. Willett | — | Yea |
| Shelly A. Simonds | — | Yea |
| Thomas C. Wright, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Tony O. Wilt | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (16)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| McClellan, Jennifer L. | — | Yea |
| Barker, George L. | — | Yea |
| David W. Marsden | — | Yea |
| Ebbin, Adam P. | — | Yea |
| Edwards, John S. | — | Yea |
| Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Howell, Janet D. | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Newman, Stephen D. | — | Yea |
| Norment, Thomas K., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Petersen, J. Chapman | — | Yea |
| R. Creigh Deeds | — | Yea |
| Ruff, Frank M., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Saslaw, Richard L. | — | Yea |
| Vogel, Jill Holtzman | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (15)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Barker, George L. | — | Yea |
| Bell, John J. | — | Yea |
| Bryce E. Reeves | — | Yea |
| Dunnavant, Siobhan S. | — | Yea |
| Ebbin, Adam P. | — | Yea |
| Hashmi, Ghazala F. | — | Yea |
| Jennifer B. Boysko | — | Yea |
| Jeremy S. McPike | — | Yea |
| Kiggans, Jennifer A. | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" | — | Yea |
| Richard H. Stuart | — | Yea |
| Ruff, Frank M., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Todd E. Pillion | — | Yea |
| Vogel, Jill Holtzman | — | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 477 do?
- 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.
- Who sponsors SB 477?
- SB 477 is sponsored by Jennifer L. McClellan, Betsy B. Carr, and Delores L. McQuinn.
- What is the current status of SB 477?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2022. Enacted.
- Where can I track SB 477?
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