Virginia Senate Bill 1224 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-03 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; voluntary certification program for service dogs; penalty. Requires the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to establish a voluntary certification program for service dogs that have completed training from an accredited training provider. No person may represent a dog as a "certified service dog" unless the dog has been granted the certification by the Commission. Under the bill, any person who represents a dog as a "certified service dog" when it is not is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $250.

Service dogs; establishes voluntary certification program.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2015-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Finance with letter (14-Y 0-N)
2015-01-23	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2015-01-23	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
2015-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2015-01-14	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101339D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
51	5	132.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB1224
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1224+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S09V0026+SB1224
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S05V0132+SB1224