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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hunting with dogs; dogs to wear tags."
+description: "Hunting with dogs; dogs to wear tags. Requiresthat any dog engaged in lawful hunting wear a substantial collarwith a tag attached that identifies the name of the owner or custodianof the dog and a current phone number."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 1273"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1273 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C. Wright, Jr."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-01-20"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0c4d284-ab3e-45ea-b68d-8c9713d17688"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1273"
+source_hash: "030fe7cadc21528fa058b06b622dc2b30e394c0c09ed4bebc8b01e1bba168d53"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1273 (2022) — Hunting with dogs; dogs to wear tags.
+
+Hunting with dogs; dogs to wear tags. Requiresthat any dog engaged in lawful hunting wear a substantial collarwith a tag attached that identifies the name of the owner or custodianof the dog and a current phone number.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0651** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0651)
+2. **HB1273ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1273ER)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 22104489D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1273)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104489D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-31** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1273)
+- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-09** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-01** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1273ER)
+- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
+- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 651 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0c4d284-ab3e-45ea-b68d-8c9713d17688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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