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| Bill | European honey bee; designating as the official state pollinator. | Official emblems and designations; state pollinator; European honey bee. Designates the honey bee (Apis mellifera)as the official state pollinator. The bill contains a technical amendment. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 517 | Virginia HB 517 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 517 (2024) — European honey bee; designating as the official state pollinator.
Official emblems and designations; state pollinator; European honey bee. Designates the honey bee (Apis mellifera)as the official state pollinator. The bill contains a technical amendment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0043 (committee substitute) — source
- HB517ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101096D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101096D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2024-01-24 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-01-30 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-05 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-22 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB517ER)
passage - 2024-02-22 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-02-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44960dad-467c-49a2-a65c-c47ec8b48f28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).