Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal abuse, penalty. (SB1412)
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Description
Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal cruelty; penalty. Prohibits any person from serving as an owner, director, officer, manager, operator, member of staff, or animal caregiver for a pet shop, dealer, or commercial dog breeder if such person has been convicted of animal cruelty. The bill prohibits pet shops from selling or giving for adoption a dog without first obtaining a signed statement from the purchaser or adopter that such person has never been convicted of animal cruelty. A violation of any such requirement is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Read the Bill »
Status
03/04/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100834D |
01/13/2021 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
01/18/2021 | Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals |
01/20/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1412) |
01/25/2021 | Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
01/26/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
01/26/2021 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
01/26/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103465D-S1 |
01/28/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2021 | Read second time |
01/29/2021 | Reading of substitute waived |
01/29/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21103465D-S1 |
01/29/2021 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1412S1 |
02/01/2021 | Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1412S1) |
02/05/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
02/05/2021 | Read first time |
02/05/2021 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
02/08/2021 | Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
02/09/2021 | Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture |
02/17/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) |
02/17/2021 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2021 | Read second time |
02/22/2021 | Read third time |
02/22/2021 | Passed by for the day |
02/23/2021 | Read third time |
02/23/2021 | Motion to pass by Amendments by Delegate Wilt agreed to |
02/23/2021 | Passed House (67-Y 28-N) |
02/23/2021 | VOTE: Passage (67-Y 28-N) |
02/25/2021 | Enrolled |
02/25/2021 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1412ER) |
02/25/2021 | Signed by President |
02/26/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
03/01/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1412ER) |
03/01/2021 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021 |
03/01/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
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