Virginia Senate Bill 570 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - Senate: Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Ownership of primates; penalty. Prohibits any person from acquiring a non-human primate, which includes gorillas, apes, chimpanzees, orangutans, and monkeys. The ownership of primates by zoos, nature centers, museums, registered exhibitors and laboratories, parks, and research facilities is exempted from the prohibition. Persons who currently own primates must register with animal control. An initial violation of the provision is a Class 3 misdemeanor and any subsequent violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Primates; prohibits any person from acquiring after July 1, 2010, penalty.

Sen. Patricia Ticer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		Senate: Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2010-01-13		Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2010-01-13		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101342D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6581	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	6584.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+SB570
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+SB570+hil