HB2075: Jefferson Davis Highway; renames any section of U.S. Route 1 to 'Emancipation Highway.'
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. Any section of U.S. Route 1 in Virginia that
is designated as the "Jefferson Davis Highway" shall on the effective
date of this act be designated and shall hereafter be known as the [ "Loving
Memorial “Emancipation ] Highway." The Department of
Transportation shall place and maintain appropriate markers indicating the
designation of this highway. This designation shall not affect any other
memorial designation heretofore or hereafter applied to this highway or any
portions thereof.
2. That Chapter 286 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922 is repealed.
[ 3. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on January 1, 2022. ]
HOUSE BILL NO. 2075
Patrons-- Cole, J.G., Levine, Adams, D.M., Aird, Ayala, Bagby, Bourne, Carr, Carter, Guzman, Keam, Kory, Murphy and Samirah
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. Any section of U.S. Route 1 in Virginia that is designated as the "Jefferson Davis Highway" shall on the effective date of this act be designated and shall hereafter be known as the "Loving Memorial Highway." The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain appropriate markers indicating the designation of this highway. This designation shall not affect any other memorial designation heretofore or hereafter applied to this highway or any portions thereof.
2. That Chapter 286 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922 is repealed.