HB 1547 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Historical African American cemeteries/graves; disbursement of funds appropriated for preservation.

Summary
Directs the distribution of funds appropriated for such purpose to qualifying charitable organizations that preserve historical African American cemeteries established before 1900. The funding formula is $5, or the average actual cost of routine maintenance, multiplied by the number of graves, monuments, and markers of African Americans who lived at any time between 1800 and 1900 and are interred in the cemetery. The bill lists two cemeteries, East End Cemetery in Henrico County and Evergreen Cemetery in the City of Richmond, that are to receive any funds appropriated for a total of 6,975 gravesites.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2016
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Dec 29, 2016 Signed Mar 3, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Mar 3, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 270 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 12, 2017
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
legislature
Dec 29, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
legislature
Dec 29, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101511D
legislature
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors

Sponsors