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2003 SESSION

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HB 2689 Dog fighting.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Dog fighting. Adds possessing, owning, training, transporting, or selling dogs for the purpose of dogfighting to the dogfighting prohibitions. These acts are Class 6 felonies, as are the acts currently included in the dogfighting section. Any person who violates the dogfighting statute is required to pay the costs incurred in housing or euthanizing the confiscated dogs. The bill also prohibits attendance at dogfighting events and subjects violators to a Class 1 misdemeanor.

FULL TEXT

• 01/15/03  House: Presented & ordered printed 038862772  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/03  House: Committee substitute printed 033245772-H1  pdf
• 02/27/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2689ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/31/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0857)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/15/03  House: Presented & ordered printed 038862772
• 01/15/03  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/29/03  House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/03  House: Committee substitute printed 033245772-H1
• 01/30/03  House: Read first time
• 01/31/03  House: Read second time
• 01/31/03  House: Committee substitute agreed to 033245772-H1
• 01/31/03  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 033245772-H1
• 02/01/03  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/03  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/03  House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 02/01/03  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/03  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-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. w/amd (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: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/12/03  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/12/03  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/12/03  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/14/03  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 3-N)
• 02/14/03  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 3-N)
• 02/27/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2689ER)
• 03/05/03  House: Enrolled
• 03/05/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/06/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/22/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 857 (effective 7/1/03)
• 03/31/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0857)