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Boundaries, Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth (1995 thru present)
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  • 2003 - HB 585 Property Owners' Association Act; flag display.
  • 2003 - HB 1496 Criminal procedure; offenses committed on boundary of localities.
  • 2003 - HB 2219 Emblems of the Commonwealth; Official historic skipjack oyster fleet.
  • 2003 - HB 2667 Emblems of the Commonwealth; official state mineral.
  • 2003 - HB 2668 Emblems of the Commonwealth; official state rock.
  • 2003 - HB 2669 Emblems of the Commonwealth; official state gem.
  • 2003 - HB 2829 Displaying flag of the Republic of Vietnam.
  • 2003 - HJ 612 Freedom Flag.
  • 2003 - SB 987 School buses; display of American flag decals.
  • 2005 - HB 1535 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions for certain flags.
  • 2005 - HB 2579 Bat, big-eared; designating as official emblem of State.
  • 2005 - HB 2640 General Provisions of Code, and Boundaries, Jurisdiction and Emblems of State; recodification.
  • 2005 - SB 921 Boundary lines; allows localities to relocate or alterate by recordation of a deed.
  • 2006 - HB 156 Shenandoah Mountain Salamander; designating as official state amphibian.
  • 2006 - HB 867 House of Delegates Districts; adjustment in boundary line betw. 19th and 22nd districts in Bedford.
  • 2006 - HB 1011 Brook Trout; redesignating as official fish of State.
  • 2006 - HB 1096 Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; no declaration shall prohibit display of flags.
  • 2006 - HB 1273 Freedom Flag; designating as official emblem of State.
  • 2006 - HJ 7 Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum, Inc.; designating as Official Transit Museum.
  • 2006 - HJ 106 American Revolutionary War flags; encouraging return thereof to State and Connecticut.
  • 2006 - SB 248 Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; no declaration shall prohibit display of flags.
  • 2006 - SB 373 Development rights; localities provide for transfer thereof from parcel located in locality.
  • 2006 - SB 682 Shenandoah; designating as interim State song.
  • 2006 - SJ 70 Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum, Inc.; designating as official transit museum of State.
  • 2007 - HB 156 Shenandoah Mountain Salamander; designating as official state amphibian.
  • 2007 - HB 1096 Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; no declaration shall prohibit display of flags.
  • 2007 - HB 1836 Condominium & Property Owners' Association Acts; no declaration to prohibit display of certain flag.
  • 2007 - HB 1837 Ginger Gold Apple; designating as official state fruit..
  • 2007 - HB 2396 Goose Creek; designating portion in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties as Scenic River.
  • 2007 - HB 2662 Virginia, Ever Enshrined; designating as official state song.
  • 2007 - HB 2914 Cradle of Liberty; designating as official state song.
  • 2007 - HB 3076 Virginia Covered Bridge Festival in Patrick County; designating as official state festival.
  • 2007 - HB 3185 Virginia; designating as official state song.
  • 2007 - SB 248 Condominium and Property Owners' Association Acts; no declaration shall prohibit display of flags.
  • 2007 - SB 779 Apple; designating as official state fruit.
  • 2007 - SB 969 Condominium & Property Owners' Association Acts; no declaration to prohibit display of certain flag.
  • 2007 - SB 1375 Virginia Covered Bridge Festival in Patrick County; designating as official state festival.
  • 2008 - HB 565 State song; designates 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia,' by James A. Bland to be adopted.
  • 2008 - HB 988 State song; designates 'Virginia: Where Heaven Touches Earth' .
  • 2008 - HB 1418 State song; designates 'Cradle of Liberty'.
  • 2008 - SB 699 Computation of time; when statute of limitations ends on Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, etc.
  • 2008 - SB 736 State song; designates 'Cradle of Liberty'.
  • 2009 - HB 1916 State song; designates Ol Virginia by Daniel K. Lawson to be adopted.
  • 2009 - HB 2134 State song; Virginia, Birth Place of Our Nation by Lorraine Neill & Lynn Czarny be adopted.
  • 2009 - HB 2278 Richlands Coal Miners' Memorial in Tazewell County; designating as official Coal Miners' Memorial.
  • 2009 - HB 2284 State song; designates 'Cradle of Liberty'.
  • 2009 - HB 2554 State song; designates The Banner Yet Wave written by Frank Pugh to be adopted.
  • 2009 - HB 2671 Cabin Capital of Virginia; designating Page County thereas.
  • 2009 - SB 736 State song; designates 'Cradle of Liberty'.
  • 2009 - SB 1504 Eastern Box Turtle; designating as official state reptile.
  • 2010 - HB 1082 State soil; designates Pamunkey soil as official soil of State.
  • 2010 - HB 1204 Conservators of the peace, special; authorized to use seal of State. 
  • 2010 - HJ 137 Honor and Remember Flag; State's emblem of service and sacrifice by members of U.S. Armed Forces.
  • 2011 - HB 2236 Commercial use of State seals; State Treasurer to mint gold, etc., coins for commemorative use.
  • 2011 - SB 940 Striped bass; designated as official state saltwater fish.
  • 2012 - SB 661 Shenandoah; designating as official state song.
  • 2013 - HB 1638 Military Affairs, Department of; providing of flag to next of kin.
  • 2013 - HB 2304 Commercial use of seals of the Commonwealth; commemorative coins, recommendations.
  • 2013 - SB 661 Shenandoah; designating as official state song.
  • 2013 - SB 1056 Military Affairs, Department of; providing of flag to next of kin.
  • 2014 - HB 107 Maple Festival of Virginia; designating Highland County as official festival of Virginia.
  • 2015 - HB 1472 "Our Great Virginia"; designating as the official state song.
  • 2015 - HB 2203 "Virginia, the Home of My Heart"; designating as the official state song.
  • 2015 - SB 1362 "Sweet Virginia Breeze" and "Our Great Virginia"; designating as the official state songs.
  • 2016 - HB 335 Official emblems and designations; addition of Eastern Garter Snake.
  • 2016 - HB 1299 U. S. of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia; purchase of flags by public bodies.
  • 2016 - HB 1353 U.S. of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia; purchase of flags by public bodies.
  • 2016 - SB 229 U. S. of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia; purchase of flags by public bodies.
  • 2016 - SB 352 Nelsonite; designating as state rock, etc.
  • 2017 - HB 1720 Flag at half staff or mast; public safety personnel.
  • 2017 - HB 1927 "Song of the Mountains"; designating as state television series.
  • 2017 - SB 1261 George Washington's rye whiskey; designating as the state spirit.
  • 2017 - SB 1332 "Song of the Mountains"; designating as state television series.
  • 2018 - HB 459 Red salamander; designating as state salamander.
  • 2018 - HB 677 "The New Dominion" by Edward W. Lull; designating as state poem.
  • 2018 - SB 754 Freedom Flag; designating as official flag of remembrance of September 11, 2001.
  • 2018 - SB 924 Honor & Remember Flag; standards for display at state buildings, etc.
  • 2018 - SB 970 Muscadine grape; designating as state grape.
  • 2019 - HB 1875 Northern Neck Ginger Ale; designating as the official soft drink of the Commonwealth.
  • 2019 - HB 1896 European honey bee; designating as the official state pollinator.