Virginia Senate Bill 177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Definition of "service dog." Expands the definition of "service dog" to include dogs trained to assist persons suffering from a physical, sensory, intellectual, developmental, or mental disability or mental illness. The current definition is limited to dogs assisting a mobility-impaired person. The definition affects the rights of persons with disabilities who use trained service dogs with regard to dog license taxes, public accommodations, and housing. The bill contains technical amendments.

Service dog; definition.

Sen. Jeffrey McWaters [R]

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

2014-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-09 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)
2014-04-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 616 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2014-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-02-25	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB177ER)
2014-02-25	Senate	Enrolled
2014-02-21	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2014-02-21	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2014-02-21	House	Read third time
2014-02-20	House	Read second time
2014-02-19	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
2014-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2014-02-07	House	Read first time
2014-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-01-30	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-01-29	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2014-01-28	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2014-01-24	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N)
2014-01-09	Senate	Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
2014-01-09	Senate	Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
2014-01-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2014-01-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100485D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6528	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	5	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	5	42	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	5	44	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	5	45	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB177
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB177+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB177ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0616+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S01V0006+SB0177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S09V0025+SB0177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0173SB0177+SB0177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0209SB0177+SB0177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H01V0079+SB0177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0875+SB0177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0917+SB0177