SB 636 VA

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Department of General Services; removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. Directs the Department of General Services to remove all Confederate monuments and memorials from Capitol Square. The bill directs the Department to store such monuments and memorials until such time as the General Assembly determines their final disposition. The bill also requires the Department, in coordination with the Department of Historic Resources, to review the most appropriate options for the final disposition of all monuments, memorials, and artifacts in its possession and report its findings to the Joint Committee on Rules by October 15, 2026.

• Adam P. Ebbin · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105277D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rules · upper
3. Jan 30, 2026 Rereferred from Rules to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
4. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (9-Y 5-N) · upper
5. Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB636) · upper
6. Feb 4, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
7. Feb 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107220D-S1 · upper
8. Feb 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Feb 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · upper
12. Feb 6, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
13. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB636) · upper
15. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 12, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
17. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
18. Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rules · lower
19. Mar 1, 2026 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee · lower
20. Mar 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 0-N) · lower
21. Mar 2, 2026 Reconsidered by Rules (Voice Vote) · lower
22. Mar 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 0-N) · lower
23. Mar 6, 2026 Reported from Rules with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 6-N) · lower
24. Mar 9, 2026 Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Rules Amendment · HTML
• Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML