---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chincoteague Pony; designated as the official pony of the Commonwealth."
description: "Chincoteague Pony; designated as the official pony of the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1478"
citation: "Virginia SB 1478 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d06e7d-fefc-4f34-aa74-c40c37257e50"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1478"
source_hash: "c348f6db492cf8a343006b20f2fbaeef34d08c7cd75cef2d23daa5fce98dc3e5"
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 1478 (2023) — Chincoteague Pony; designated as the official pony of the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0061** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0061)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104117D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1478)
3. **SB1478ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1478ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 23104117D `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1478ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 61 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0061)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59d06e7d-fefc-4f34-aa74-c40c37257e50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).