Breeders of cats and dogs; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility.
Summary
Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. Requires any person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep records of each animal for five years from the date of the acquisition, transfer, or disposition and to quarterly submit a summary of the records to the State Veterinarian.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 5, 2022
Signed Apr 5, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 7, 2022
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 34
Feb 9, 2022
D
Democratic18
94% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
12
Committee
10
Apr 5, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB88H1
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106967D-H1
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0-2)
senate
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
upper
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 5, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101356D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
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