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| Bill | Pet shops; procurement of dogs from unlicensed dealers. | Prohibits any companion animal dealer who is not licensed or exempted from licensure by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from selling any dog to a pet shop. The bill prohibits a pet shop from procuring a dog from a person who has received citations for one critical violation or three or more noncritical violations from the USDA in the two years prior to receiving the dog. The bill prohibits a pet shop from selling a dog procured from someone who knowingly obtained the dog directly or indirectly from a person with such citations. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | SB 852 | Virginia SB 852 (2017) |
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Virginia SB 852 (2017) — Pet shops; procurement of dogs from unlicensed dealers.
Prohibits any companion animal dealer who is not licensed or exempted from licensure by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from selling any dog to a pet shop. The bill prohibits a pet shop from procuring a dog from a person who has received citations for one critical violation or three or more noncritical violations from the USDA in the two years prior to receiving the dog. The bill prohibits a pet shop from selling a dog procured from someone who knowingly obtained the dog directly or indirectly from a person with such citations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0399) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Committee substitute printed 17105435D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB852ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104008D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101303D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–1 (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-12-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101303D
introduction - 2016-12-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2017-01-17 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-01-17 Reading of substitute waived
- 2017-01-17 Committee substitute agreed to 17104008D-S1
- 2017-01-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB852S1
- 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
- 2017-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2017-02-06 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
referral-committee - 2017-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 17105435D-H1
- 2017-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB852H1
- 2017-02-17 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2017-02-21 Title replaced 17105435D-S1
- 2017-02-24 Enrolled
- 2017-02-24 Signed by President
- 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 399 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/292f7c81-fb1f-476d-b0fa-e738e2dac513. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).