Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in City of Suffolk.
Summary
Adds Oak Lawn Cemetery in Suffolk, with 468 eligible graves, to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African American cemeteries and graves.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 14, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 8, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 251 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2311E
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103123D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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