---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rabid animals; quarantine of dog or cat, access by local health director or his designee."
description: "Rabid animals; quarantine of dog or cat, access by local health director or his designee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1577"
citation: "Virginia HB 1577 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wachsmann"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04c5c26e-0acb-4982-b966-e514a834c183"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1577"
source_hash: "2244cb1cae9626d4b8211ad0fcd9b0f7479a9a580660957d5f274b4cad6cefe8"
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 1577 (2023) — Rabid animals; quarantine of dog or cat, access by local health director or his designee.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0121)
2. **HB1577ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1577ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101693D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1577)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23101693D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1577E)

## Votes

- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wachsmann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101693D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1577)
- **2023-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB1577E
- **2023-01-30** Printed as engrossed 23101693D-E
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1577E)
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1577ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1577ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 121 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04c5c26e-0acb-4982-b966-e514a834c183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).