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1999 SESSION

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HB 1532 Keeping of reptiles.

Introduced by: William J. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Keeping of reptiles. Raises the penalty from a Class 4 to a Class 2 misdemeanor for the owner or keeper of any exotic reptile or type of reptile not native to the Commonwealth of Virginia, including but not limited to the American alligator, to keep the reptile in any manner that will permit its escape or to knowingly permit the reptile to run at large.

FULL TEXT

• 01/13/99  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/99 993005296  pdf
• 02/25/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1532ER)  pdf
• 03/23/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/13/99  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/99 993005296
• 01/13/99  House: Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/20/99  House: Reported from Cons. & Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/99  House: Read first time
• 01/22/99  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/25/99  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/26/99  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N)
• 01/26/99  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 3-N)
• 01/26/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/27/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/27/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/15/99  Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/17/99  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1532ER)
• 02/26/99  House: Enrolled
• 02/26/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/27/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/15/99  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/99)
• 03/23/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)