Dangerous captive animal exhibits; definitions, penalty, effective date.
Summary
Dangerous captive animal exhibits; penalty. Prohibits a keeper of dangerous captive animals, defined in the bill, from providing or offering to provide to any member of the public, for free or for a cost, direct contact with such dangerous captive animal. The bill provides that a violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor and that the keeper is subject to a fine of not more than $500. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 17, 2020
Signed Apr 2, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 2, 2020
How they voted
31–8
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 10, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
57% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Amendments
4
Apr 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
upper
Mar 2, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (52-Y 48-N)
lower
Mar 2, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Mar 2, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (19-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1030E
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105242D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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