Virginia House Bill 302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Cruelty to animals; penalty. Prohibits the use of devices such as a bullhook, axe handle, or block and tackle or the performance of certain practices in order to discipline, train, or control the behavior of an elephant. The bill provides that any person who uses such devices or engages in certain practices that inflict pain or cause physical injury is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor under the cruelty to animals statute. Any person who commits a second violation within five years of a prior conviction is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Elephants; prohibits use of devices for training, etc., that inflict pain or cause physical injury.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

Del. Robert Marshall [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2016-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-02-09	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2016-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2016-02-08	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2016-01-04	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100273D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6570	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB302
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB302+hil