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2018 SESSION
HB 79 Dog boarding establishments; group play requirements, penalty.
Introduced by: David E. Yancey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Dog boarding establishments; group play requirements; notice; penalties. Requires an employee of a dog boarding establishment to be present at all times that a dog is able to have physical contact with another dog. The bill limits the number of dogs that may have physical contact at any given time based on certain weight classifications. Failure to adequately supervise dogs in group play is established as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also requires notice of risk of group play for dogs to be given to consumers. Failure to provide notice of the risk of group play is established as a Class 3 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 12/06/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100596D pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105704D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/06/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100596D
- 12/06/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/18 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/22/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/24/18 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/24/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105704D-H1
- 01/26/18 House: Read first time
- 01/29/18 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/18 House: Read second time
- 01/30/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18105704D-H1
- 01/30/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB79H1
- 01/31/18 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/01/18 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 02/01/18 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/06/18 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/07/18 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/18 House: Left in Courts of Justice