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HB 335 Official emblems and designations; addition of Eastern Garter Snake.
Introduced by: Brenda L. Pogge | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Official emblems and designations; Eastern Garter Snake. Establishes the Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) as the official snake of the Commonwealth. The bill also adds to § 1-510 of the Code of Virginia, which consolidates official state emblems and designations, two designations—the Northern Cardinal as the state bird and the American Dogwood as the state tree, adopted as HJ 9 (1950) and HJ 6 (1956), respectively—that had been inadvertently omitted.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101043D pdf
- 02/29/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB335ER) pdf
- 03/07/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0278) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/05/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101043D
- 01/05/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/18/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/19/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/26/16 House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/16 House: Read first time
- 01/29/16 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/22/16 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/16 Senate: Amendments by Senator Black rejected
- 02/25/16 Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N 1-A)
- 02/29/16 House: Enrolled
- 02/29/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB335ER)
- 02/29/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/4/16
- 03/04/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 11, 2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 278 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/07/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0278)