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2012 SESSION
SB 359 Trap, Neuter, and Return programs; permits operation of formal program relating to feral cats.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Trap, Neuter, and Return Programs. Permits a pound, animal shelter, or humane society to operate a program of trapping, vaccinating, and sterilizing feral cats before returning them to the sites where they were trapped. The bill excludes a person who participates in such a program from the definition of "owner" regarding custody of the subject cats. Current law makes an owner's abandonment of an animal a misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101483D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104833D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/11/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101483D
- 01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/02/12 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/02/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104833D-S1
- 02/06/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/12 Senate: Read second time
- 02/07/12 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/07/12 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104833D-S1
- 02/07/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB359S1
- 02/08/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
- 02/13/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/20/12 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture
- 02/27/12 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 03/10/12 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources