Bill Text: VA SB1259 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Virginia oyster (Crassostrea virginica); designating as first food of Virginia.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Left in General Laws [SB1259 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1259-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §1-510 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§1-510. Official emblems and designations.
The following are hereby designated official emblems and designations of the Commonwealth:
Artisan Center "Virginia Artisans Center," located in the City of Waynesboro.
Bat Virginia Big-eared bat (Corynorhinos townsendii virginianus).
Beverage Milk.
Bird Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis).
Blue Ridge Folklore State Center Blue Ridge Institute located in the village of Ferrum.
Boat "Chesapeake Bay Deadrise."
Cabin Capital of Virginia Page County.
Coal Miners' Memorial The Richlands Coal Miners' Memorial located in Tazewell County.
Covered Bridge Capital of the Commonwealth Patrick County.
Covered Bridge Festival Virginia Covered Bridge Festival held in Patrick County.
Dog American Foxhound.
First food -- Virginia oyster (Crassostrea virginica).
Fish (Freshwater) Brook Trout.
Fish (Saltwater) Striped Bass.
Flag of Remembrance of September 11, 2001 Freedom Flag, designed by a Virginian, as the flag of remembrance of September 11, 2001.
Fleet Replicas of the three ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, which comprised the Commonwealth's founding fleet that brought the first permanent English settlers to Jamestown in 1607, and which are exhibited at the Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg.
Flower American Dogwood (Cornus florida).
Folk dance Square dancing, the American folk dance that traces its ancestry to the English Country Dance and the French Ballroom Dance, and is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers, and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, the Virginia Reel, and heritage dances.
Fossil Chesapecten jeffersonius.
Gold mining interpretive center Monroe Park, located in the County of Fauquier.
Insect Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus Linne).
Maple Festival The Highland County Maple Festival.
Motor sports museum "Wood Brothers Racing Museum and Virginia Motor Sports Hall of Fame," located in Patrick County.
Outdoor drama "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama," adapted for the stage by Clara Lou Kelly and performed in the Town of Big Stone Gap.
Outdoor drama, historical "The Long Way Home" based on the life of Mary Draper Ingles, adapted for the stage by Earl Hobson Smith, and performed in the City of Radford.
Rock Nelsonite.
Salamander Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber).
Shakespeare festival The Virginia Shakespeare Festival held in the City of Williamsburg.
Shell Oyster shell (Crassostrea virginica).
Snake Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis).
Song emeritus "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny," by James A. Bland, as set out in the House Joint Resolution 10, adopted by the General Assembly of Virginia at the Session of 1940.
Song (Popular) "Sweet Virginia Breeze," by Robbin Thompson and Steve Bassett.
Song (Traditional) "Our Great Virginia," lyrics by Mike Greenly and arranged by Jim Papoulis with music from the original American folk song "Oh Shenandoah."
Spirit George Washington's rye whiskey produced at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Sports hall of fame "Virginia Sports Hall of Fame," located in the City of Portsmouth.
Television series "Song of the Mountains."
Tree American Dogwood (Cornus florida).
War memorial museum "Virginia War Museum," (formerly known as the War Memorial Museum of Virginia), located in the City of Newport News.
