SB369
Fowl or companion animals; maiming, killing, or poisoning, penalty.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Maiming, killing, or poisoning companion animals; penalty.
Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, or wound, or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or expose poison with intent that it be taken by, any companion animal of another, or do any of the foregoing acts to any companion ... (More) animal of his own with intent to defraud any insurer of such animal. Under current law, such offenses are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense provided certain conditions are met. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to do any of the foregoing acts with any of the aforesaid intents (i) to any companion animal unlawfully but not maliciously or (ii) to any fowl. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101066D
- 01/09/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB369)
- 01/10/2024 - Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- 01/15/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/15/2024 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105478D-S1
- 01/15/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/17/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB369S1)
- 01/24/2024 - Senate: Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/24/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105842D-S2
- 01/24/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB369S2)
- 01/25/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/26/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24105478D-S1
- 01/26/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/26/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24105842D-S2
- 01/26/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB369S2
- 01/26/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB369S2)
- 01/29/2024 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/16/2024 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/21/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/21/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/28/2024 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/28/2024 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/04/2024 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N)
- 03/06/2024 - House: Read second time
- 03/07/2024 - House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 03/07/2024 - House: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 03/08/2024 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
