Virginia Senate Bill 786 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1109)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Animal shelters; housing conditions. Requires certain housing, space, and care conditions for an animal that is confined by the operator or custodian of a public or private animal shelter or releasing agency during an applicable stray hold period. The bill requires different conditions after such stray hold period ends, including requirements related to materials and construction of facilities, indoor and outdoor enclosures, and separation of certain animals. The bill also requires any regulation by the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services that applies to an animal not subject to a stray hold period to not be so restrictive as to fail to allow for adequate care, exercise, and space, including meaningful indoor and outdoor recreation for the animal.

Animal shelters; housing conditions.

Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]

2020-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1109)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1109 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB786ER)
2020-03-06	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-02	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99--Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	House	Read third time
2020-02-28	House	Read second time
2020-02-26	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2020-02-13	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-03	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20105267D-E
2020-01-31	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB786E
2020-01-31	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-01-31	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-01-31	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105267D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6546	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB786
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB786+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB786E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB786ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1109+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0030+SB0786
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0244SB0786+SB0786
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0261SB0786+SB0786
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0101V0034+SB0786
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0259+SB0786
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1714+SB0786