HB508
Animal care; cruelty, dangerous dogs.
Summary
As Introduced. Animal care; cruelty; dangerous dogs.
Extensively reorganizes, clarifies, and makes substantive changes to provisions related to dangerous dogs. Substantive changes include (i) requiring a law-enforcement officer or animal control officer who has reason to believe that a dog within his jurisdiction is a dangerous dog to apply for a district court summons, a requirement that ... (More) is discretionary under current law; (ii) a prohibition on disposing of a dog prior to a dangerous dog adjudication; (iii) additional requirements for owners during and after a dangerous dog adjudication, including notice upon transfer, signage, fencing, muzzling, and registration; (iv) court discretion on prohibiting ownership of or residence with a dog following a dangerous dog adjudication; and (v) additional recordkeeping for officers in certain situations. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/04/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103962D
- 01/04/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/08/2020 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB508)
- 01/13/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB508)
- 01/14/2020 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/29/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2020 - House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
