Virginia House Bill 1606 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 34-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Antisemitism. Provides that the Commonwealth adopts the non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism set forth therein, exclusively as a tool and guide for training, education, recognizing, and combating antisemitic hate crimes or discrimination and for tracking and reporting antisemitic incidents in the Commonwealth. Antisemitism. Provides that the Commonwealth adopts the non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism set forth therein, exclusively as a tool and guide for training, education, recognizing, and combating antisemitic hate crimes or discrimination and for tracking and reporting antisemitic incidents in the Commonwealth.

Antisemitism; adoption of non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism as a tool & guide.

Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]
Del. Robert Bloxom [R]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Ellen Campbell [R]
Del. Mike Cherry [R]	Del. AC Cordoza [R]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Sen. Tara Durant [R]
Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Karen Greenhalgh [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]
Del. Keith Hodges [R]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. James Leftwich [R]
Del. Marie March [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]	Del. Robert Orrock [R]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]
Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Phillip Scott [R]	Del. Kim Taylor [R]	Del. Otto Wachsmann [R]
Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]	Del. Wren Williams [R]
Del. Thomas Wright [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2023-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (67-Y 13-N) (Y: 67 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 20) [PASS]
2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2023-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Amendment by Senator Surovell rejected (20-Y 20-N) (Y: 20 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N) (Y: 73 N: 25 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 4-N) (Y: 14 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471)
2023-03-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 471 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1606ER)
2023-03-07	House	Enrolled
2023-02-23	House	VOTE: Adoption (67-Y 13-N)
2023-02-23	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (67-Y 13-N)
2023-02-23	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (32-Y 0-N)
2023-02-23	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2023-02-23	Senate	Amendment by Senator Dunnavant agreed to
2023-02-23	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2023-02-23	Senate	Chair votes No
2023-02-23	Senate	Amendment by Senator Surovell rejected (20-Y 20-N)
2023-02-23	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2023-02-23	Senate	Amendment #1 by Senator Surovell withdrawn
2023-02-23	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-22	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-02-22	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2023-02-22	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-21	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	Senate	Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (73-Y 25-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1606H2
2023-02-06	House	Substitute by Delegates Tata and Simon agreed to 23106312D-H2
2023-02-06	House	Committee on Rules substitute rejected 23106054D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-06	House	Floor substitute printed 23106312D-H2 ( Tata and Simon)
2023-02-03	House	Passed by for the day
2023-02-02	House	Read first time
2023-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 23106054D-H1
2023-01-31	House	Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 4-N)
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103866D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1606
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1606+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1606H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1606H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1606ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0471+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104663A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1606AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1606ASE
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1606ASR
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1606F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1606FH2122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1606FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H20V0002+HB1606
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1548+HB1606
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S10V0096+HB1606
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0630HB1606+HB1606
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0847HB1606+HB1606
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0848HB1606+HB1606
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2320+HB1606