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2022 SESSION
SB 535 Research breeders; oversight by Animal Welfare Oversight Officer.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Oversight of research breeders; Animal Welfare Oversight Officer; Animal Welfare Oversight Advisory Committee; civil penalty. Directs the State Veterinarian to hire an Animal Welfare Oversight Officer to inspect and oversee the operations of research breeders, defined in the bill as a person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer for use in testing or research within or outside the Commonwealth, and report any violations of state or federal law by the research breeder. The bill requires each research breeder to register with the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer, pay a registration fee as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and allow the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer continuous access to its facilities located in the Commonwealth. The bill subjects a research breeder that does not register, pay the fee, or allow the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer access to its facilities to a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day of noncompliance. The bill also establishes an Animal Welfare Oversight Advisory Committee.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104308D
- 01/12/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/01/22 Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
- 02/08/22 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/08/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/15/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/18/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/22 House: Read first time
- 02/18/22 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/21/22 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/23/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources