---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Song of the Mountains\"; designating as state television series."
description: "Designates \"Song of the Mountains\" as the state television series. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1927"
citation: "Virginia HB 1927 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boundaries", "Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth", "General Provisions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/856786a8-d28d-4697-be5f-1280d0e8a04f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1927"
source_hash: "6da6d22d52ffd7f79aaf462bbffe6c93d088cc320b2b42bb2854bf0180576cc7"
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 HB 1927 (2017) — "Song of the Mountains"; designating as state television series.

Designates "Song of the Mountains" as the state television series. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0015)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1927ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1927ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101177D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1927)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **32–7** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101177D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/856786a8-d28d-4697-be5f-1280d0e8a04f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).