Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
Summary
Animal Cruelty Conviction List established.Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish no laterthan January 1, 2027, and to maintain the Animal Cruelty ConvictionList and to make the List available to the public on the websiteof the Department of State Police. The bill specifies that the Listinclude the names of persons convicted of certain felony animal crueltyoffenses on or after July 1, 2024. The bill requires persons convictedof any such offense to pay a fee of $50 per conviction to fund themaintenance of the List. The bill also requires the Department toremove a person's name and information from the List 15 years afterits listing if he has no additional felony conviction of any such offense.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Dec 22, 2023
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 1, 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
53
Key actions
18
Committee
18
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 15-N)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 5, 2024
Committee
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (74-Y 26-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Dec 22, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ellen McLaughlin
RRepublican
Co
Baxter Ennis
RRepublican
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Chris Runion
RRepublican
Co
Kim Taylor
RRepublican
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