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2020 SESSION
HB 1552 Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.
Introduced by: Mark H. Levine | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space. Provides that the outdoor tethering of an animal does not meet the requirement of adequate shelter during a hurricane warning or tropical storm warning or if the animal is not safe from predators or well suited or equipped to tolerate its environment. The bill provides that unless an animal control officer has inspected an animal's individual circumstances and determined it to be safe from predators and well suited and equipped to tolerate its environment, no such outdoor tethering during a heat advisory, a severe weather warning, or a period when the temperature is 85 degrees Fahrenheit or higher or 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower shall constitute the provision of adequate shelter. The measure increases the minimum tether length required to constitute adequate space to 15 feet in length or four times the length of the animal, whichever is greater. Current law requires the tether to be at least 10 feet in length or three times the length of the animal, whichever is greater. The bill provides an exception for a case in which an animal control officer, having inspected an animal's individual circumstances, determines that a shorter tether of at least 10 feet or three times the length of the animal makes the animal safer, more suited, and better equipped to tolerate its environment than a longer tether would. This bill is identical to SB 272.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20105457D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107749D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109122D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: First Conference substitute printed 20109714D-H2 pdf
- 03/07/20 House: Second Conference substitute printed 20109930D-H3 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1552ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0954) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/11/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20105457D
- 01/11/20 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/20 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/29/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107749D-H1
- 02/06/20 House: Read first time
- 02/07/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107749D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1552H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (64-Y 33-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/17/20 Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 5-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109122D-S1
- 02/27/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/28/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20109122D-S1
- 02/28/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1552S1
- 02/28/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (19-Y 17-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20109122D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/02/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/04/20 House: House acceded to request
- 03/04/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/20 House: Delegates: Levine, Gooditis, Fariss
- 03/05/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senators: Marsden, Favola, Pillion
- 03/05/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/05/20 House: First Conference substitute printed 20109714D-H2
- 03/05/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (49-Y 47-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (49-Y 47-N)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Senate requested second conference committee (28-Y 12-N)
- 03/07/20 House: Motion for second committee of conference agreed to
- 03/07/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (28-Y 10-N)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Second conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/07/20 Senate: Senators: Marsden, Favola, Pillion
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N)
- 03/07/20 House: Second conferees appointed by House
- 03/07/20 House: Delegates: Levine, Gooditis, Fariss
- 03/07/20 House: Second Conference substitute printed 20109930D-H3
- 03/08/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 42-N)
- 03/08/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 42-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1552ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/09/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 954 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0954)