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SB 571 Animal bite history; disclosure of information.
Introduced by: Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Releasing agencies; notice of dangerous animal; penalty. Requires a custodian of a releasing agency, animal control officer, law-enforcement officer, or humane investigator, upon taking custody of any dog or cat from a person in the course of his official duties, to ask and document whether, if known, the dog or cat has bitten a person or other animal and the circumstances and date of such bite. The bill requires any representative of a releasing agency, animal control officer, law-enforcement officer, or humane investigator, upon release of a dog or cat for (i) adoption, (ii) return to a rightful owner, or (iii) transfer to another agency, to disclose, if known, that the dog or cat has bitten a person or other animal and the circumstances and date of such bite. Violation of such requirements is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100873D pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105568D-S1 pdf
- 01/26/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18106102D-S2 (DeSteph) pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB571ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0678) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100873D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/18/18 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/24/18 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105568D-S1
- 01/25/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/26/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/26/18 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 18105568D-S1
- 01/26/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18106102D-S2 (DeSteph)
- 01/26/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/26/18 Senate: Substitute by Senator DeSteph agreed to 18106102D-S2
- 01/26/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB571S2
- 01/29/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/31/18 House: Read first time
- 01/31/18 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/16/18 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/19/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/18 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/18 House: Read second time
- 02/26/18 House: Read third time
- 02/26/18 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB571ER)
- 02/28/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 6, 2018
- 03/06/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/30/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 678 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0678)