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2003 SESSION

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HB 1865 Abandoning or dumping companion animals.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Abandoning or dumping companion animals. Removes abandoning and dumping any companion animal as animal cruelty. The bill adds disposal of a companion animal to the littering section of the highway laws, which carries a penalty of confinement in jail for not more than 12 months and a fine of not less than $250 or more than $2,500, either or both. However, the court may suspend the imposition of any sentence on the condition that the defendant volunteer his services to remove litter from the highway.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 036636756  pdf | impact statement
• 01/22/03  House: Committee substitute printed 033237756-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1865ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/27/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 036636756
• 01/08/03  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/22/03  House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/03  House: Committee substitute printed 033237756-H1
• 01/23/03  House: Read first time
• 01/24/03  House: Read second time
• 01/24/03  House: Committee substitute agreed to 033237756-H1
• 01/24/03  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 033237756-H1
• 01/27/03  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/03  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/03  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/28/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/28/03  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/10/03  Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (14-Y 1-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 (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/12/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/25/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1865ER)
• 02/26/03  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/20/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 787 (effective 7/1/03)
• 03/27/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787)