VA SB175 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Public animal shelters; dogs and cats; euthanasia notice. Requires a public animal shelter to wait three days before euthanizing a dog or cat when a person has notified the shelter of his intent to adopt or take custody of the particular animal. The shelter must make reasonable efforts to accomplish the release of the dog or cat but is not required to 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.
Title
Dogs or cats; public animal shelters required to notify intent to euthanize.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2018-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-30 | Senate | Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 2018-01-25 | Senate | Continued to 2019 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-01-25 | Senate | Committee substitute printed to LIS only 18105478D-S1 |
| 2017-12-28 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 2017-12-28 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101283D |
