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Bill Red salamander; designating as state salamander. Designates the red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) as the state salamander of Virginia. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2018 HB 459 Virginia HB 459 (2018)
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Virginia HB 459 (2018) — Red salamander; designating as state salamander.

Designates the red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) as the state salamander of Virginia.

Version chain

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

  1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB459ER) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101330D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House — 961 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 391 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws — 202 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 62 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 141 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Eileen Filler-Corn — primary (person)
  • Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101330D introduction
  • 2018-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2018-01-19 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2018-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2018-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2018-02-05 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2018-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2018-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2018-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
  • 2018-02-28 Signed by President
  • 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
  • 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
  • 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 284 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f60942fb-8b61-43c2-90d4-3e41dc8bda3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).