Virginia Tourism Authority; powers, historically accurate advertising.
Summary
Virginia Tourism Authority; powers; historically accurate advertising. Requires the Virginia Tourism Authority, in consultation with The Library of Virginia and the Virginia African American Advisory Board, to (i) create standards for the Authority's publications and advertising material to ensure all such materials accurately identify parcels of real property in the Commonwealth with a history linked to slave ownership and accurately depict the contributions of Black Virginians to any such parcel of real property; and (ii) acknowledge the horrors of slavery in the Commonwealth by publishing a list of slave-owning properties in the Commonwealth.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 5, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 4, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
12
Committee
8
Apr 5, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 531 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB814ER)
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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