Bill Text: VA HB467 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Dangerous and vicious dogs; civil liability, knowledge of propensity not required.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB467 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB467-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 467 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 11, 2022 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.2-6540.05, relating to dangerous and vicious dogs; civil liability. ---------- Patron-- Bulova ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 3.2-6540.05 as follows:

§3.2-6540.05. Civil liability; knowledge of propensity not required.

Nothing in this article shall limit the civil liability of the owner of a dog that bites a human being or otherwise attacks a human being causing bodily injury, regardless of whether the owner knew or should have known of the dog's propensity for vicious, dangerous, or otherwise aggressive behavior.