Dog boarding establishments; group play requirements, penalty. (HB79)
Introduced By
Del. David Yancey (R-Newport News) with support from co-patron Del. Jason Miyares (R-Virginia Beach)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Dog boarding establishments; group play requirements; notice; penalties. Requires an employee of a dog boarding establishment to be present at all times that a dog is able to have physical contact with another dog. The bill limits the number of dogs that may have physical contact at any given time based on certain weight classifications. Failure to adequately supervise dogs in group play is established as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also requires notice of risk of group play for dogs to be given to consumers. Failure to provide notice of the risk of group play is established as a Class 3 misdemeanor. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/06/2017 | Committee |
| 12/06/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100596D |
| 12/06/2017 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 01/12/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB79) |
| 01/15/2018 | Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture |
| 01/15/2018 | Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 01/22/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) |
| 01/24/2018 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/24/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18105704D-H1 |
| 01/26/2018 | Read first time |
| 01/29/2018 | Passed by for the day |
| 01/29/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB79H1) |
| 01/30/2018 | Read second time |
| 01/30/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18105704D-H1 |
| 01/30/2018 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB79H1 |
| 01/31/2018 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/01/2018 | Motion to refer to committee agreed to |
| 02/01/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/06/2018 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 02/07/2018 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (8-Y 0-N) |
| 02/15/2018 | Left in Courts of Justice |