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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pet shops; procurement of dogs from unlicensed dealers."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 852"
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citation: "Virginia SB 852 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2016-12-02"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292f7c81-fb1f-476d-b0fa-e738e2dac513"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB852"
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source_hash: "5c62cbe1b4ce68d7e6fb037278e18306011b4f09f3677b0fb825f2cab13dc4c7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 852 (2017) — Pet shops; procurement of dogs from unlicensed dealers.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0399)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0399)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105435D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB852H1)
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3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB852ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB852ER)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104008D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB852S1)
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5. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101303D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB852)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–1** (pass) · legislature
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101303D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-17** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17104008D-S1
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- **2017-01-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB852S1
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- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17105435D-H1
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- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB852H1
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- **2017-02-17** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-21** Title replaced 17105435D-S1
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 399 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/292f7c81-fb1f-476d-b0fa-e738e2dac513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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