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HB565: State song; designates 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia,' by James A. Bland to be adopted.
Chief Patron
Del.
Anne Crockett-Stark (R-6)
Anne Crockett-Stark
(R-6)
Wytheville, VA
Served: 2006–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
Summary
State song. Designates "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," by James A. Bland, as amended and adopted by the 2008 Session of the General Assembly, as the state song of the Commonwealth.
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 02/12/2008.
Poll Results
5 votes
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Comments
Why in the world are we wasting legislative time on this stuff? Southwest Virginia is bleeding jobs and talented young men and women to the rest of the state, and our representatives are concerned with state songs and school nurses. Sigh.