2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26105277D

SENATE BILL NO. 636

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 14, 2026

A BILL to direct the Department of General Services to remove all Confederate monuments and memorials from Capitol Square.

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Patrons—Ebbin, Bagby and Jones; Delegates: Carr and Cole, J.G.

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Referred to Committee on Rules

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of General Services (the Department) shall remove all Confederate monuments and memorials from Capitol Square, including the General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson statue, unveiled in 1875; the Governor William "Extra Billy" Smith statue, unveiled in 1906; and the Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire statue, unveiled in 1904. The Department shall provide for transportation and storage of such monuments and memorials in the Department's facilities until such time as the General Assembly determines and directs the final disposition of the monuments and memorials.