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HB1874

Cruelty to animals; increases penalty.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Margaret Ransone (R)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Cruelty to animals; serious bodily injury; penalty.

Provides that any person who tortures, willfully inflicts inhumane injury or pain not connected with bona fide scientific or medical experimentation, or cruelly and unnecessarily beats, maims, or mutilates any dog or cat that is a companion animal whether belonging to him or another and as a direct result causes serious bodily injury to such dog or cat is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law requires that the animal die for the person to be guilty of the felony. This bill is identical to SB 1604. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/03/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102784D
  • 01/03/2019 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1874)
  • 01/03/2019 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/29/2019 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 01/30/2019 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/30/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 02/01/2019 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 3-N)
  • 02/01/2019 - House: Committee substitute printed 19106243D-H1
  • 02/03/2019 - House: Read first time
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1874H1)
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Read second time
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106243D-H1
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1874H1
  • 02/05/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1874H1)
  • 02/05/2019 - House: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N)
  • 02/05/2019 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 6-N)
  • 02/06/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/06/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  • 02/14/2019 - Senate: Incorporated by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (HB2642-Levine) (14-Y 1-N)
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Reconsidered by Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N)
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107355D-S1
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107369D-S2
  • 02/19/2019 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1874S2)
  • 02/19/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/19/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1874S2)
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 19107355D-S1
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19107369D-S2
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1874S2
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/21/2019 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House 19107369D-S2 (0-Y 99-N)
  • 02/21/2019 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
  • 02/21/2019 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2019 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
  • 02/21/2019 - House: House acceded to request
  • 02/21/2019 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 02/21/2019 - House: Delegates: Ransone, Bell, Robert B., Mullin
  • 02/21/2019 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 02/21/2019 - Senate: Senators: DeSteph, Spruill, Chafin
  • 02/22/2019 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
  • 02/22/2019 - House: Conference substitute printed 19107614D-H2
  • 02/22/2019 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/22/2019 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 1-N)
  • 02/22/2019 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (92-Y 1-N)
  • 02/25/2019 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1874H2)
  • 03/07/2019 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/07/2019 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1874ER)
  • 03/07/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/08/2019 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1874ER)
  • 03/09/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/11/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1874ER)
  • 03/11/2019 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
  • 03/11/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 03/18/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 536 (effective 7/1/19)
  • 03/18/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)

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