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2022 SESSION
HB 1330 Companion animals; duty to identify submitted animal, scanning for microchip.
Introduced by: James E. Edmunds, II | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Companion animals; duty to identify submitted animal; microchip. Requires veterinarians, public and private animal shelters, and releasing agencies to seek to identify the lawful owners of the unidentified companion animals that are submitted to them by scanning for embedded microchips. The bill provides that such scanning shall be conducted at the time of intake, at the time of assessment, and prior to disposition and that a reasonable effort shall be made to contact the owner. The bill also requires that documentation of such scanning and any attempts to contact the owner be maintained for at least 30 days from the date of final disposition of the animal. The requirements of the bill do not apply to transfers between veterinarians, shelters, or releasing agencies.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104490D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105828D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1330ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/21/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104490D
- 01/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/31/22 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/02/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105828D-H1
- 02/11/22 House: Read first time
- 02/14/22 House: Read second time
- 02/14/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105828D-H1
- 02/14/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1330H1
- 02/15/22 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 03/01/22 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/22 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/04/22 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/04/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/04/22 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 4-N)
- 03/08/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N)
- 03/10/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/10/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1330ER)
- 03/10/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 387 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387)