VA SB359 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
March 10 2012 - House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Trap, Neuter, and Return Programs. Permits a pound, animal shelter, or humane society to operate a program of trapping, vaccinating, and sterilizing feral cats before returning them to the sites where they were trapped. The bill excludes a person who participates in such a program from the definition of "owner" regarding custody of the subject cats. Current law makes an owner's abandonment of an animal a misdemeanor.
Title
Trap, Neuter, and Return programs; permits operation of formal program relating to feral cats.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2012-02-08 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) (Y: 31 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-06 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-02 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-06 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-02 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-10 | House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources | |
| 2012-02-27 | House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote | |
| 2012-02-20 | House: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Read first time | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Placed on Calendar | |
| 2012-02-08 | Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) | |
| 2012-02-07 | Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB359S1 | |
| 2012-02-07 | Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104833D-S1 | |
| 2012-02-07 | Senate: Reading of substitute waived | |
| 2012-02-07 | Senate: Read second time | |
| 2012-02-06 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-02 | Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104833D-S1 | |
| 2012-02-02 | Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) | |
| 2012-01-11 | Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources | |
| 2012-01-11 | Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101483D |
