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2003 SESSION
HB 1861 Dangerous or vicious dogs.
Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Dangerous or vicious dogs. Adds animal control officers’ previous findings of dangerous dogs to the list of factors in determining if a dog is a vicious dog. This bill removes the $50 cap on the dangerous dog registration fee and authorizes the localities to set the fee at an amount not to exceed the costs of administering the dangerous dog ordinance. The bill also increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the amount of liability insurance that a locality could require for animal bites if it has adopted the permissive insurance provision as part of its dangerous dog ordinance.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 033210870 pdf
- 01/31/03 House: Printed as engrossed 033210870-E pdf
- 02/20/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1861ER) pdf
- 03/27/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 033210870
- 01/08/03 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/27/03 House: Assigned to A., C. & N. R. sub-committee: 1
- 01/29/03 House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/amendments (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/03 House: Read first time
- 01/31/03 House: Read second time
- 01/31/03 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/31/03 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/31/03 House: Printed as engrossed 033210870-E
- 02/01/03 House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N)
- 02/01/03 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N)
- 02/01/03 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/03/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/03 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/10/03 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/03 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/03 Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/03 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1861ER)
- 02/21/03 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/03 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 785 (effective 7/1/03)
- 03/27/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785)