---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pet shops; notice of deceased animals."
description: "Breeding of dogs and cats for research; reporting.Requires any person who or entity that breeds dogs and cats for animal testing facilities to report certain to the State Veterinarianon a monthly basis. The report shall include information regardingthe birth, acquisition, death, sale, transfer, or other dispositionof a dog or cat in the prior month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "Virginia HB 523 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46941417-11cc-4f3a-9543-5509e9fd8911"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB523"
source_hash: "4eeadba89938812b0d269a498e7735d17d38e9bf666128a168ddba641f5734ef"
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 523 (2022) — Pet shops; notice of deceased animals.

Breeding of dogs and cats for research; reporting.Requires any person who or entity that breeds dogs and cats for animal testing facilities to report certain to the State Veterinarianon a monthly basis. The report shall include information regardingthe birth, acquisition, death, sale, transfer, or other dispositionof a dog or cat in the prior month.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0273** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0273)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106364D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB523H1)
3. **HB523ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB523ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104244D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB523)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (75-Y 25-N) — **75–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104244D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB523)
- **2022-01-31** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106364D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106364D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB523H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (75-Y 25-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (75-Y 25-N)
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB523H1)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `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 (HB523ER)
- **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
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 273 (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/46941417-11cc-4f3a-9543-5509e9fd8911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).