VA SB369 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 26 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Maiming, killing, or poisoning companion animals; penalty. Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, or wound, or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or expose poison with intent that it be taken by, any companion animal of another, or do any of the foregoing acts to any companion animal of his own with intent to defraud any insurer of such animal. Under current law, such offenses are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense provided certain conditions are met. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to do any of the foregoing acts with any of the aforesaid intents (i) to any companion animal unlawfully but not maliciously or (ii) to any fowl. Maiming, killing, or poisoning companion animals; penalty. Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, or wound, or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or expose poison with intent that it be taken by, any companion animal of another, or do any of the foregoing acts to any companion animal of his own with intent to defraud any insurer of such animal. Under current law, such offenses are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense provided certain conditions are met. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to do any of the foregoing acts with any of the aforesaid intents (i) to any companion animal unlawfully but not maliciously or (ii) to any fowl.

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Title

Fowl or companion animals; maiming, killing, or poisoning, penalty.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-03-04 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N) (Y: 19 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-08HouseLeft in Courts of Justice
2024-03-07HouseRereferred to Courts of Justice
2024-03-07HouseMotion to rerefer to committee agreed to
2024-03-06HouseRead second time
2024-03-04HouseReported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N)
2024-02-28HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-02-28HouseReported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N)
2024-02-21HouseSubcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-02-21HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
2024-02-16HouseAssigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2024-02-13HouseReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2024-02-13HouseRead first time
2024-02-13HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-01-29SenateRead third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2024-01-26SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB369S2
2024-01-26SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 24105842D-S2
2024-01-26SenateReading of substitute waived
2024-01-26SenateCommittee substitute rejected 24105478D-S1
2024-01-26SenateRead second time
2024-01-25SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-01-24SenateCommittee substitute printed 24105842D-S2
2024-01-24SenateReported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2024-01-15SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-15SenateCommittee substitute printed 24105478D-S1
2024-01-15SenateReported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-10SenateMoved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
2024-01-09SenateReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-09SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101066D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
182144(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB369
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB369+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB369S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB369S2+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105370D.pdf
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105842D.pdf
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB369F160+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB369FS1160+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB369FS2160+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB369FS2122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0003+SB0369
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S05V0030+SB0369
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0116SB0369+SB0369
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0128SB0369+SB0369
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0101V0024+SB0369
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H01V0101+SB0369
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H08V0331+SB0369

Bill Comments

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