Virginia House Bill 2739 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Historical African American cemeteries; City of Alexandria. Adds six cemeteries in Alexandria 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 the Baptist Cemetery at the African American Heritage Park, which contains 28 eligible graves; the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, which contains 631 eligible graves; the Douglass Cemetery, which contains 83 eligible graves; the Lebanon Union Cemetery, which contains 53 eligible graves; the Methodist Protestant Cemetery, which contains 1,134 eligible graves; and the Penny Hill Cemetery, which contains 14 eligible graves.

Historical African American cemeteries; adds six in City of Alexandria.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

2019-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-08		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260)
2019-03-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 260 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-27		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-27	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2739ER)
2019-02-20	House	Enrolled
2019-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-15	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	Senate	Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2019-02-11	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2019-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-04	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
2019-02-04	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-02-01	House	Read second time and engrossed
2019-01-31	House	Read first time
2019-01-30	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-16	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2019-01-16	House	Presented and ordered printed 19104603D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	2211.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2739
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2739+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2739ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0260+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0102V0014+HB2739
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H01V0038+HB2739
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2183+HB2739
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2257+HB2739
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S12V0114+HB2739
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05V0340+HB2739
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0662HB2739+HB2739
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0706HB2739+HB2739