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2020 SESSION

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SB 310 Public animal shelters; notice to euthanize.

Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Public animal shelters; notice to euthanize. Requires each public animal shelter to adopt a policy under which it waits a certain number of days before euthanizing a dog or cat when a person has notified the shelter of his intent to adopt or take custody of the animal. The shelter must make reasonable efforts to accomplish the release of the animal but is not required hold the animal if it has reason to believe that the animal has seriously injured a human or the animal meets certain other specified conditions for euthanasia. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/20  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101026D  pdf | impact statements
• 02/04/20  Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107287D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/11/20  Senate: Printed as engrossed 20107287D-ES1  pdf | impact statement

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HISTORY

• 01/05/20  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101026D
• 01/05/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/21/20  Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
• 02/04/20  Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107287D-S1
• 02/04/20  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/20  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/06/20  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/20  Senate: Read second time
• 02/11/20  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/11/20  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107287D-S1
• 02/11/20  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/11/20  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/11/20  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB310ES1
• 02/11/20  Senate: Printed as engrossed 20107287D-ES1
• 02/11/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/20  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/20  Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/20  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/14/20  House: Read first time
• 02/14/20  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 02/14/20  House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
• 02/19/20  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 1-N)
• 03/03/20  House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources