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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1412 Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal abuse, penalty.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal cruelty; penalty. Prohibits any person from serving as an owner, director, officer, manager, operator, member of staff, or animal caregiver for a pet shop, dealer, or commercial dog breeder if such person has been convicted of animal cruelty. The bill prohibits pet shops from selling or giving for adoption a dog without first obtaining a signed statement from the purchaser or adopter that such person has never been convicted of animal cruelty. A violation of any such requirement is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100834D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103465D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1412ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments not adopted
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100834D
- 01/13/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/18/21 Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
- 01/26/21 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 01/26/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103465D-S1
- 01/28/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103465D-S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1412S1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
- 02/09/21 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/17/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/21 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 3-N)
- 02/19/21 House: Read second time
- 02/22/21 House: Read third time
- 02/22/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/21 House: Read third time
- 02/23/21 House: Motion to pass by Amendments by Delegate Wilt agreed to
- 02/23/21 House: Passed House (67-Y 28-N)
- 02/23/21 House: VOTE: Passage (67-Y 28-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/25/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1412ER)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/24/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 339 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0339)