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---
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: "HB 1951"
citation: "Virginia HB 1951 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloxom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8eb39a9-cdba-424f-bfcd-32b0bdc40686"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1951"
source_hash: "a6fa5fe7d2b9e925bef5c9424c7813cf4e6c86a37778f4b574b735f2a93bc59c"
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 1951 (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. **CHAP0060** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0060)
2. **HB1951ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1951ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101022D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1951)
## Votes
- Reported from Rules (12-Y 3-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bloxom — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101022D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Rules (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1951ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 60 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8eb39a9-cdba-424f-bfcd-32b0bdc40686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).