License tax; retired police or military dogs, exemption.
Summary
License tax; retired police or military dogs; exemption. Allows a locality by ordinance to exempt any dog that served as a police or law-enforcement dog or military working dog from the license tax on the ownership of dogs. Such ordinance must include a verification process for the vaccination records of such a dog.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 5, 2024
Signed Mar 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 21, 2024 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 21, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Mar 28, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB299ER)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB299E
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason Ballard
RRepublican
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