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SB 959 Va Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord to inspect vacated dwelling for abandoned animals.
Introduced by: Lionell Spruill, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; abandoned animals; penalty. Prohibits a tenant from abandoning a companion animal either during the tenancy or after vacating the dwelling unit and provides that the penalty for such abandonment is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101755D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104940D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/02/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101755D
- 01/02/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/30/17 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/30/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104940D-S1
- 02/01/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104940D-S1
- 02/02/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB959S1
- 02/03/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/17 House: Read first time
- 02/08/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/21/17 House: Left in Courts of Justice