---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dangerous captive animal exhibits; definitions, penalty, effective date."
description: "Dangerous captive animal exhibits; penalty. Prohibits a keeper of dangerous captive animals, defined in the bill, from providing or offering to provide to any member of the public, for free or for a cost, direct contact with such dangerous captive animal. The bill provides that a violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor and that the keeper is subject to a fine of not more than $500. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1030"
citation: "Virginia SB 1030 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lionell Spruill, Sr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d83b72d2-50dd-4225-9740-5bd067f8a675"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1030"
source_hash: "d5a3d07f60833ac9ff529d9e0338cc0d8c5c7471cf5536d99a8e2535607a01da"
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 SB 1030 (2020) — Dangerous captive animal exhibits; definitions, penalty, effective date.

Dangerous captive animal exhibits; penalty. Prohibits a keeper of dangerous captive animals, defined in the bill, from providing or offering to provide to any member of the public, for free or for a cost, direct contact with such dangerous captive animal. The bill provides that a violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor and that the keeper is subject to a fine of not more than $500. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0632)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1030ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1030ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1030E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1030E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB1030)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1030)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N) — **25–14** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) — **51–48** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 20105242D `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1030)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-02-07** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1030E
- **2020-02-07** Printed as engrossed 20105242D-E
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB1030E)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-26** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-03-02** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-03-02** Passed House with amendment (52-Y 48-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
- **2020-03-03** House amendment agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB1030ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d83b72d2-50dd-4225-9740-5bd067f8a675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).