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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