Virginia Senate Bill 279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Vicious dogs. Requires a law-enforcement officer or animal control officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons for a vicious dog if such officer is located in either the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides or in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog committed one of the acts set forth in the definition of a vicious dog. Current law requires such action only if the law-enforcement officer or animal control officer is located in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides. The bill also requires any evidentiary hearing or appeal to be held not less than 30 days from the date of the summons or appeal, unless good cause is found by the court. Vicious dogs. Requires a law-enforcement officer or animal control officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons for a vicious dog if such officer is located in either the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides or in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog committed one of the acts set forth in the definition of a vicious dog. Current law requires such action only if the law-enforcement officer or animal control officer is located in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides. The bill also requires any evidentiary hearing or appeal to be held not less than 30 days from the date of the summons or appeal, unless good cause is found by the court.

Vicious dogs; law-enforcement officer, etc., to apply to a magistrate for a summons, etc.

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

2022-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-03-02 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) (Y: 18 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) (Y: 8 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate SB279E (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 614 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-10	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-10	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB279ER)
2022-03-10	Senate	Enrolled
2022-03-07	House	VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2022-03-07	House	Passed House (98-Y 0-N)
2022-03-07	House	Read third time
2022-03-04	House	Read second time
2022-03-02	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N)
2022-02-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
2022-02-22	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2022-02-22	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2022-02-22	House	Read first time
2022-02-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-10	Senate	Passed Senate SB279E
2022-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-10	Senate	Printed as engrossed 22101323D-E
2022-02-10	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB279E
2022-02-10	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2022-02-10	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2022-02-10	Senate	Read second time
2022-02-09	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2022-02-08	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (10-Y 0-N)
2022-01-24	Senate	Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
2022-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2022-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101323D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6540.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	6569	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB279
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB279+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB279E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB279ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0614+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105338A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+SB279AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB279F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB279FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB279FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S01V0046+SB0279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0295SB0279+SB0279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0315SB0279+SB0279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0316SB0279+SB0279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0101V0024+SB0279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H01V0115+SB0279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1509+SB0279