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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1823: Lynching Sites Memorialization, Virginia Commission on; established, report, sunset.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1823 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Lynching Sites Memorialization, Virginia Commission on; established, report, sunset. Primary sponsor: David Reid (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Appropriations.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Virginia Commission on Lynching Sites Memorialization established; report. Establishes the Virginia Commission on Lynching Sites Memorialization as an advisory commission in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the 15-member Commission is to acknowledge the history of racial violence in Virginia through the placement of historical markers at the sites of lynchings. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David ReidPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Kelly FowlerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Debra GardnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Dan HelmerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Karen Keys-GamarraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Marty MartinezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Atoosa ReaserCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Holly SeiboldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
J.J. SinghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Rod WillettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse58

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Appropriations
  2. Rereferred to Appropriations
  3. Motion to rerefer to Appropriations agreed to
  4. Read second time and engrossed
  5. Read first time
  6. Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
  7. Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
  8. Reported from Rules and referred to Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1823)
  10. Referred to Committee on Rules
  11. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101173D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source