Historical African American cemeteries; adds seven cemeteries in City of Hampton.
Summary
Adds seven cemeteries in Hampton 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. The cemeteries are Bassette's Cemetery, containing 212 eligible graves, Elmerton Cemetery, containing 339 eligible graves, Good Samaritan Cemetery, containing 37 eligible graves, Pleasant Shade Cemetery, containing 29 eligible graves, Queen Street Cemetery, containing 14 eligible graves, the Tucker Family Cemetery, containing 15 eligible graves, and Union Street Cemetery, containing 125 eligible graves. This bill is identical to
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 14, 2019
Signed Mar 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 14, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
6
Mar 8, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 257 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
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 HB2681E
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19102878D
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Jay Leftwich
RRepublican
Co
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
Co
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
Karrie Delaney
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
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