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2015 SESSION

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SB 693 Feral cats; trapping, neutering, and returning to site activity.

Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Trap, neuter, and return activity. Permits a person to trap and sterilize a feral cat before returning it to the site where it was trapped. The bill excludes a participant in such an activity from the definition of "owner" regarding custody of the subject cat; under current law, abandonment of an animal by an owner is a misdemeanor.

FULL TEXT

• 11/25/14  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100927D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104554D-S1  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 11/25/14  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100927D
• 11/25/14  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/29/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104554D-S1
• 01/29/15  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (10-Y 4-N 1-A)
• 02/02/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/15  Senate: Read second time
• 02/03/15  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/03/15  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104554D-S1
• 02/03/15  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB693S1
• 02/04/15  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/05/15  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 10-N)
• 02/09/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/15  House: Read first time
• 02/09/15  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 02/09/15  House: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture
• 02/16/15  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 02/24/15  House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources