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+type: "Bill"
+title: "The Virginia Opry; designating as the official opry of the Commonwealth."
+description: "Official emblems and designations; state opry.Designates The Virginia Opry as the official opry of the Commonwealth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 283"
+citation: "Virginia SB 283 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-03"
+last_action: "2020-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c25ce1a5-d2de-4b4a-968a-eaa1c57f27dd"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB283"
+source_hash: "e7208feb0c0a73af8311477880fee16647c779aaee56e39d65eefd5177eaabbe"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 283 (2020) — The Virginia Opry; designating as the official opry of the Commonwealth.
+
+Official emblems and designations; state opry.Designates The Virginia Opry as the official opry of the Commonwealth.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0583)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB283)
+3. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB283ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB283ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Rules (16-Y 1-N) — **16–1** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **92–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102249D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-19** Reported from Rules (16-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** Passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
+- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
+- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 583 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c25ce1a5-d2de-4b4a-968a-eaa1c57f27dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+