WV HB4246 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
January 20 2012 - To House Agriculture
Pending: House House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Pending: House House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Companion Animal Protection Act, generally governing the manner in which animals are to be treated by sheltering agencies and rescue groups. The bill provides animal care standards, including humane treatment and killing of animals; requires record keeping; and among other things, provides for court mandate procedure to compel compliance with animal care standards. This article is new; therefore it has been completely underscored.
Title
West Virginia Companion Animal Protection Act
Sponsors
| Del Bonnie Brown | Del Meshea Poore | Del Josh Stowers | Del Greg Butcher |
| Del Danny Wells | Del Charlene Marshall | Del Virginia Mahan | Del Linda Longstreth |
| Del Nancy Peoples Guthrie | Del Anthony Barill |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-20 | To House Agriculture | |
| 2012-01-20 | Introduced in House | |
| 2012-01-20 | To Agriculture then Judiciary | |
| 2012-01-20 | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 20C | 1 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 10 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 11 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 2 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 3 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 4 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 5 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 6 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 7 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 8 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 20C | 9 | New Code | See Bill Text |
