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2019 SESSION
HB 1874 Cruelty to animals; increases penalty.
Introduced by: Margaret B. Ransone | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Cruelty to animals; serious bodily injury; penalty. Provides that any person who tortures, willfully inflicts inhumane injury or pain not connected with bona fide scientific or medical experimentation, or cruelly and unnecessarily beats, maims, or mutilates any dog or cat that is a companion animal whether belonging to him or another and as a direct result causes serious bodily injury to such dog or cat is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law requires that the animal die for the person to be guilty of the felony. This bill is identical to SB 1604.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102784D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106243D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107355D-S1 pdf
- 02/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107369D-S2 pdf | impact statements
- 02/22/19 House: Conference substitute printed 19107614D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1874ER) pdf | impact statements
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/03/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102784D
- 01/03/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/30/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 3-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106243D-H1
- 02/03/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Read second time
- 02/04/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106243D-H1
- 02/04/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1874H1
- 02/05/19 House: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N)
- 02/05/19 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 6-N)
- 02/06/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/14/19 Senate: Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (HB2642-Levine) (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Reconsidered by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/18/19 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107355D-S1
- 02/18/19 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/18/19 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107369D-S2
- 02/19/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/19 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 19107355D-S1
- 02/20/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19107369D-S2
- 02/20/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1874S2
- 02/20/19 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/19 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 19107369D-S2 (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/21/19 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/21/19 House: House acceded to request
- 02/21/19 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/21/19 House: Delegates: Ransone, Bell, Robert B., Mullin
- 02/21/19 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/21/19 Senate: Senators: DeSteph, Spruill, Chafin
- 02/22/19 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/22/19 House: Conference substitute printed 19107614D-H2
- 02/22/19 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/19 House: Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (92-Y 1-N)
- 03/07/19 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1874ER)
- 03/07/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- 03/11/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 536 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)