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2021 SESSION
SB 1417 Healthcare Regulatory Sandbox Program; established, report, sunset date.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats; civil penalty. Requires any animal testing facility, defined in the bill, that no longer has need for a dog or cat in its possession that does not pose a health or safety risk to the public or itself to offer, for a reasonable period of time prior to euthanasia, such dog or cat for adoption to a releasing agency or through a private placement or in the case of a testing facility operated by an agency or institution of higher education, develop its own adoption program. The bill authorizes an animal testing facility to enter into an agreement with a releasing agency for the implementation of the adoption. Violation is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 and any court costs and attorney fees.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100835D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103722D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
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HISTORY
- 01/13/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100835D
- 01/13/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/18/21 Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
- 01/26/21 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103722D-S1
- 01/28/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103722D-S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1417S1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote