Dangerous dog; extending the time for adjudication.
Summary
Dangerous dog; extending the time for adjudication. Requires the court, unless good cause is determined by the court,to hold the evidentiary hearing pursuant to the dangerous dog summonswithin 30 days or as soon as practicable from the issuance of thesummons. Under current law, the court is required to hold such hearingnot more than 30 days from the issuance of the summons.
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 9, 2024
Signed Mar 26, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 6, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 22, 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
27
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Mar 26, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 145 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB804ER)
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
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