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2020 SESSION
HB 1480 Pet shops; local regulation on sale of animals.
Introduced by: Wendy W. Gooditis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local regulation of pet shops. Authorizes a locality to regulate or restrict by ordinance the acquisition, marketing, and sale of animals in a pet shop. Such ordinance may distinguish between certain types of pet shops and include provisions for special licensing, inspections, reporting, or restrictions on the sale of certain types of animals. The bill also includes various existing statewide provisions related to pet shops in the list of sections for which a locality may adopt parallel or more stringent ordinances.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102872D
- 01/08/20 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/20 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/29/20 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
- 02/05/20 House: Continued to 2021 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote