Virginia House Bill 1984 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Care of companion animals; adequate water. Amends the definition of "adequate water" as it relates to the care of companion animals to align with the federal Animal Welfare Act by specifying that water be provided in receptacles that are cleaned and sanitized before being used to provide water to a different dog or cat or a different social grouping of dogs or cats and to specify the intervals at which dogs and cats must be provided clean, fresh, potable water unless restricted by a veterinarian.

Companion animals; amends the definition of "adequate water."

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2023-01-13	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100153D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6500	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1984
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1984+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1984F122+PDF