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2024 SESSION
HB 62 Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
Introduced by: Ellen H. Campbell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Local animal cruelty registries. Allows any locality to establish an animal cruelty registry for public access on the website of such locality or its local police department. The bill provides that such registry may include the names and relevant information of persons convicted of certain felony offenses for animal cruelty and that a person on such registry may request removal of his name after 15 years, provided that he has no additional felony convictions of an animal cruelty offense. The bill directs that all costs relating to a locality's animal cruelty registry shall be borne by such locality. This bill is identical to SB 93.
FULL TEXT
- 12/22/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102944D pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108055D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/22/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102944D
- 12/22/23 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/24 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 01/31/24 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/24 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/24 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/24 House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 26-N)
- 02/12/24 House: VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/19/24 Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
- 02/20/24 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108055D-S1
- 02/20/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/01/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108055D-S1
- 03/01/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB62S1
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 24108055D-S1 (2-Y 96-N)
- 03/04/24 House: VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 96-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/06/24 House: House acceded to request
- 03/06/24 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/24 House: Delegates: Tran, Laufer, Campbell
- 03/07/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/07/24 Senate: Senators: Favola, Pekarsky, Stanley
- 03/08/24 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/08/24 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 03/08/24 House: Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 15-N)
- 03/08/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 15-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)