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Gov. Abigail Spanberger just signed House Bill 167, stripping the United Daughters of the Confederacy — and other Confederate heritage organizations — of their state property and recordation tax exemptions.

A separate bill also kills Virginia’s Robert E. Lee specialty license plates. The UDC has spent over a century erecting Confederate monuments across the country, promoting the “Lost Cause” myth that romanticizes the slaveholding Confederacy. And Virginia taxpayers were subsidizing it.

Bill sponsor Del. Alex Askew was direct: “Why is the commonwealth supporting groups that rewrite history to obscure the true cause of the Civil War? A war fought to uphold the institution of slavery, America’s original sin?” The UDC called it “viewpoint discrimination.” The Sons of Confederate Veterans called ending the Lee license plate “terrible.”

Apparently, losing a taxpayer subsidy feels like oppression when you’ve had it long enough. Askew said it plainly: “A tax exemption is a privilege and not a right.” Virginia was the capital of the Confederacy. Now it’s making clear whose side it’s on.

Source: NY Times, 2026.04.14

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Virginia governor ends renewal of plates honoring Confederate figures

Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed a bill stopping renewals of license plates honoring Robert E. Lee and supporting the Sons of Confederate

Virginia governor ends renewal of plates honoring Confederate figures

Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed a bill stopping renewals of license plates honoring Robert E. Lee and supporting the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Author: Tracy Cooper

Published: 5:45 PM EDT April 8, 2026

Updated: 5:45 PM EDT April 8, 2026

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed a bill that will cease renewals of license plates honoring Robert E. Lee and the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Delegate Dan Helmer, who represents part of Fairfax County, sponsored the bill. House Bill 1344 says that all license plates still on the street are valid until their expiration, but will not be renewed.