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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) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (16-Y 1-N) — **161** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **926** (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).