Dogs chasing livestock; district court may order dog to be transferred to a different owner, etc. (HB1231)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Collins (R-Winchester)
Progress
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Passed Senate |
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Description
Dogs injuring, chasing, or killing livestock or poultry. Allows the district court to order the confinement indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked structure that prevents escape or direct contact with persons or other animals any dog that has been found to have injured or killed livestock or poultry. The bill requires a dog under such disposition to be leashed and muzzled when off the owner's property. Under current law, the court is required to order that dogs found to be livestock or poultry killers be killed immediately or removed to another state and prohibited from returning to the Commonwealth. Read the Bill »
Status
04/20/2016: enacted
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/19/2016 | Committee |
| 01/19/2016 | Presented and ordered printed 16104040D |
| 01/19/2016 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 01/25/2016 | Assigned to sub: Agriculture |
| 01/25/2016 | Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture |
| 01/25/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1231) |
| 02/01/2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (3-Y 2-N) |
| 02/10/2016 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2016 | Committee substitute printed 16105380D-H1 |
| 02/11/2016 | Read first time |
| 02/12/2016 | Read second time |
| 02/12/2016 | Committee substitute agreed to 16105380D-H1 |
| 02/12/2016 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1231H1 |
| 02/15/2016 | Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) |
| 02/15/2016 | VOTE: PASSAGE (82-Y 17-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/16/2016 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 02/17/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1231H1) |
| 02/25/2016 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/29/2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/01/2016 | Read third time |
| 03/01/2016 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 03/01/2016 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 03/01/2016 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 03/01/2016 | Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/02/2016 | Placed on Calendar |
| 03/03/2016 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (86-Y 11-N) |
| 03/03/2016 | VOTE: ADOPTION (86-Y 11-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/04/2016 | Enrolled |
| 03/04/2016 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1231ER) |
| 03/04/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1231ER) |
| 03/04/2016 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/07/2016 | Signed by President |
| 03/08/2016 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| 03/08/2016 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/8/2016 |
| 03/08/2016 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
| 03/29/2016 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
| 04/20/2016 | Placed on Calendar |
| 04/20/2016 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 4-N) |
| 04/20/2016 | VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 4-N) |
| 04/20/2016 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 1-N) |
| 04/20/2016 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
| 04/20/2016 | Reenrolled |
| 04/20/2016 | Reenrolled bill text (HB1231ER2) |
| 04/20/2016 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 04/20/2016 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 04/20/2016 | Enacted, Chapter 757 (effective 7/1/16) |
| 04/20/2016 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 4 clips in all, totaling 3 minutes.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.
[Unknown]: AYES 28, NOS 11. AYES 28, NOS 11, THE BILL PASSES. [ CAPTIONING WILL RESUME SHORTLY ] CARRY THEM OFF AND HAVE THEM EUTHANIZED, THAT'S WHAT THE BILL DOES.
Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL THE HOUSE BILL 1231 PASS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, OPPOSED NO. VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY OF THE SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.
[Unknown]: AYES 35, NO'S 3.
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE BE AGREED TO. AS MANY AS FAVOR THAT MOTION, SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, NO. THE SUBSTITUTE IS AGREED TO. SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA. HAVING PREVIOUSLY EXPLAIN IT, I ASK THAT THE SENATE BILL PASS. THE QUESTION IS SHOULD HOUSE BILL 7, 8 AND, 9 PASS.
Del. Chris Collins (R-Winchester): PARTISANSHIP. BUT AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, THERE IN FACT NEEDS TO BE A COMMA WHERE THE GOVERNOR PUT ONE, SO I ASK THAT WE ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.
Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): Speaker: SHALL THE HOUSE
Comments
Bad law.
Worthless if it doesnt require microchips or tatoos, so owners cant lie and say it is a different dog.
Worthless unless it spells out specific mandatory extreme penalties.
Wortless, it should also spell out dog owners have to pay 10 times fmv of the livestock injured.
ALso needs to make sure it includes and doesnt change the most important part of this law.
A livestock owners right to kill the dog if it is chasing his animals.