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SB 856 Cats and dogs; authorizes local government to provide for lifetime licenses.
Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Cats and dogs; lifetime licenses. Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to provide for a lifetime dog or cat license. The bill also removes the minimum annual tax for a dog or cat, sets the maximum tax for a lifetime license at $50, and limits the fee for a duplicate dog or cat tag to $1. This bill is identical to HB 1477.
FULL TEXT
- 12/04/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101869D pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB856ER) pdf
- 03/16/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/04/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101869D
- 12/04/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/12/17 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/17 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/18/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/17 House: Read first time
- 01/30/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/08/17 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/17 House: Read second time
- 02/10/17 House: Read third time
- 02/10/17 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/10/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/10/17 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/17 Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/15/17 House: House insisted on amendments
- 02/15/17 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/17/17 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/17/17 Senate: Senators: Hanger, Suetterlein, Mason
- 02/20/17 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/17 House: Delegates: Orrock, Poindexter, Keam
- 02/23/17 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/24/17 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/17 House: Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/24/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (92-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/07/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB856ER)
- 03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/16/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 567 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/16/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567)