Historical African American cemeteries and graves; qualified organization, eligibility for funding.
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HB 727 — Historical African American cemeteries and graves; qualified organization, eligibility for funding.
Last action — Approved by Governor-Chapter 541 (effective 7/1/22)
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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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 11, 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 8 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Historical African American cemeteries; disbursement of funds; qualified organization. Expands the definition of a qualified organization that may receive funds for maintenance of a historical African American cemetery to include any locality whose purpose for applying for funding from the Department of Historic Resources is to maintain a neglected historical African American cemetery, or a portion thereof, that is located within its jurisdictional bounds. The bill also creates an exemption by allowing localities that are eligible for funding for the maintenance and care of historical African American cemeteries to apply to the Director of the Department for a grant to perform extraordinary maintenance, renovation, repair, or reconstruction on any such cemeteries and graves without first having received initial funding for the maintenance and care of those cemeteries and graves. Current law requires a qualified organization to apply for any such grant only after it has received initial funding for the maintenance and care of a historical African American cemetery. This bill is identical to SB 23.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
117 added · 117 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendment to Bill HB 727 clarifies the definition and purpose of the "Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund," and it specifies who qualifies to receive funding for maintaining these cemeteries. The changes reinforce the criteria for what constitutes a "qualified organization" and ensure that local entities can access financial support for preserving neglected historical African American cemeteries. This matters because it streamlines funding processes to better support the care and preservation of important cultural sites in Virginia.
SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2022 SESSION CHAPTER E541 An Act to amend and reenact § 10.1-2211.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to historical African American cemeteries;
R O [H 727] Approved LApril L11, 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, for interments of African Americans.
"Qualified"Historical 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 priHary purpose is the preservation of historical cemeteries and graves or, any person or locality that owns a historical African American cemetery,cemetery" ormeans anya localitycemetery whosethat purposewas forestablished applyingprior for funding pu2suant to thisJanuary section1, is1900, tofor maintaininterments aof neglected historical African AmericanAmericans. cemetery, or a portion tEereof, that is located within its jurisdictional bounds.
R"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, or any locality whose purpose for applying for funding pursuant to this section is to maintain a neglected historical African American cemetery, or a portion thereof, that is located within its jurisdictional bounds.
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Such appropriations shall be allocated on the basis of the number of graves, monuments, and markers in a cemetery of African Americans who lived at any time between January 1, 1800, and January 1, 1900, the dates to be Suchdetermined numberby ofreference graves,to monuments,grave andmarkers markers,or, asat documentedthe bydiscretion of the qualifiedDirector, organization,other shallhistorical beords.records.
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 the amount of the allocation.
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Baptist Cemetery of the African American Heritage Park 28 Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery 631 of 2 Douglass Cemetery 83 Lebanon Union Cemetery 53 Methodist Protestant Cemetery 1,134 Penny Hill Cemetery 14 Charlottesville Daughters of Zion CemeteryOld 192School ChesapeakeBaptist CuffeytownChurch Cemetery 5233 HamptonMontgomery Bassette'sWake CemeteryForest 212 Elmerton Cemetery 33940 GoodWestview Samaritan Cemetery 3747 PleasantPulaski ShadeNew CemeteryRiver 29 Queen Street Cemetery 1433 TuckerWest FamilyDublin Cemetery 1544 UnionIN StreetTHE CemeteryCITY 125OF: Harrisonburg Newtown Cemetery 400 Martinsville Matthews Cemetery 8 The People's Cemetery 178 Smith Street Cemetery 9 Portsmouth Mt.
Alexandria 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 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 (3)
- CHAP0541 View text Current pdf April 11, 2022
- HB727ER View text pdf March 03, 2022
- Prefiled Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102360D pdf January 11, 2022
Action History
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Approved by Governor-Chapter 541 (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 11, 2022
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Signed by President
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Signed by Speaker
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Impact statement from DPB (HB727ER)
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Enrolled
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Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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Read third time
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Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Constitutional reading dispensed
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VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
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Read second time and engrossed
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Read first time
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Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
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Referred to Committee on Appropriations
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Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
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Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
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Impact statement from DPB (HB727)
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102360D
Sponsors
- Jeion A. Ward · Primary
- Jackie H. Glass · Cosponsor
- Clinton L. Jenkins · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (2)
Not signed on (145)
145 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 145 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| 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 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (40)
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (99)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bulova, David L. | — | Yea |
| David A. Reid | — | Yea |
| Fariss, C. Matthew | — | Yea |
| Knight, Barry D. | — | Yea |
| Marshall, Daniel W., III | — | Yea |
| Plum, Kenneth R. | — | Yea |
| Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Wyatt | — | Not Voting |
| Wampler, William C., III | — | Yea |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Betsy B. Carr | — | Yea |
| Bulova, David L. | — | Yea |
| C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Coyner, Carrie E. | — | Yea |
| David A. Reid | — | Yea |
| Davis, Glenn R. | — | Yea |
| Delores L. McQuinn | — | Yea |
| Emily M. Jordan | — | Yea |
| Fariss, C. Matthew | — | Yea |
| James W. Morefield | — | Yea |
| Knight, Barry D. | — | Yea |
| Luke E. Torian | — | Yea |
| M. Keith Hodges | — | Yea |
| Marshall, Daniel W., III | — | Yea |
| Paul E. Krizek | — | Yea |
| Plum, Kenneth R. | — | Yea |
| Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Sam Rasoul | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Wyatt | — | Yea |
| Sickles, Mark D. | — | Yea |
| Terry L. Austin | — | Yea |
| Wampler, William C., III | — | Yea |
| 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 86% | 0% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Edmunds, James E., II | — | Yea |
| Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. | — | Yea |
| Kathy K.L. Tran | — | Yea |
| Marshall, Daniel W., III | — | Yea |
| Plum, Kenneth R. | — | Yea |
| R. Lee Ware | — | Not Voting |
| Thomas C. Wright, Jr. | — | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 727 do?
- Historical African American cemeteries; disbursement of funds; qualified organization. Expands the definition of a qualified organization that may receive funds for maintenance of a historical African American cemetery to include any locality whose purpose for applying for funding from the Department of Historic Resources is to maintain a neglected historical African American cemetery, or a portion thereof, that is located within its jurisdictional bounds. The bill also creates an exemption by allowing localities that are eligible for funding for the maintenance and care of historical African American cemeteries to apply to the Director of the Department for a grant to perform extraordinary maintenance, renovation, repair, or reconstruction on any such cemeteries and graves without first having received initial funding for the maintenance and care of those cemeteries and graves. Current law requires a qualified organization to apply for any such grant only after it has received initial funding for the maintenance and care of a historical African American cemetery. This bill is identical to SB 23.
- Who sponsors HB 727?
- HB 727 is sponsored by Jeion A. Ward, Jackie H. Glass, and Jenkins, Clinton L..
- What is the current status of HB 727?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2022. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB 727?
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