SB498: Gas chambers; prohibits use thereof for euthanizing companion animals.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1-796.77 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1-796.77. Disposal of animals by means of decompression chamber and use of gas chamber for companion animals; prohibited.
A. No animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a high altitude decompression chamber.
B. No companion animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a gas chamber.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.