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SB 852 Pet shops; procurement of dogs from unlicensed dealers.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Pet shops; procurement of dogs from unlicensed dealers. Prohibits any companion animal dealer who is not licensed or exempted from licensure by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from selling any dog to a pet shop. The bill prohibits a pet shop from procuring a dog from a person who has received citations for one critical violation or three or more noncritical violations from the USDA in the two years prior to receiving the dog. The bill prohibits a pet shop from selling a dog procured from someone who knowingly obtained the dog directly or indirectly from a person with such citations.
FULL TEXT
- 12/02/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101303D pdf | impact statement
- 01/12/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104008D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105435D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB852ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0399) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/02/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101303D
- 12/02/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/12/17 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/12/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104008D-S1
- 01/16/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/17 Senate: Read second time
- 01/17/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/17/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104008D-S1
- 01/17/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB852S1
- 01/18/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/17 House: Read first time
- 01/30/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/06/17 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/17 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105435D-H1
- 02/16/17 House: Read second time
- 02/17/17 House: Read third time
- 02/17/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17105435D-H1
- 02/17/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB852H1
- 02/17/17 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 Senate: Title replaced 17105435D-S1
- 02/24/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB852ER)
- 02/24/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 02/28/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 399 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0399)