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2008 SESSION

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HB 655 Dogs, dangerous; judicial discretion.

Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Dangerous dogs; judicial discretion.  Provides a court with the authority not to declare a dog to be a dangerous dog for good cause, based on the evidence before it if the dog is not dangerous or a threat to the community. Currently, a court is required to declare a dog dangerous if there is any bite, attack, or injury to a person, even if the bite, attack, or injury is accidental or negligible.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083235520  pdf
• 02/27/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB655ER)  pdf
• 03/11/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/08/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083235520
• 01/08/08  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/16/08  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/17/08  House: Read first time
• 01/18/08  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/21/08  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/22/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/22/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/18/08  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/08  Senate: Read third time
• 02/20/08  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/20/08  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/20/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/20/08  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/22/08  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/25/08  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/08  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/08  House: Enrolled
• 02/27/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB655ER)
• 02/27/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/28/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/05/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/11/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)