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Bill Rabies; quarantine of dog after possible exposure, police dogs. Requires a local health director, in determining whether to quarantine a dog that may have exposed a person to rabies through a bite, to weigh any proof that the dog has both a current rabies vaccination and a current certification of special training for police work, military work, or work as a first responder. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2018 HB 359 Virginia HB 359 (2018)
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Virginia HB 359 (2018) — Rabies; quarantine of dog after possible exposure, police dogs.

Requires a local health director, in determining whether to quarantine a dog that may have exposed a person to rabies through a bite, to weigh any proof that the dog has both a current rabies vaccination and a current certification of special training for police work, military work, or work as a first responder.

Version chain

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

  1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB359ER) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103364D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Nick Rush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103364D introduction
  • 2018-01-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2018-01-15 Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2018-01-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2018-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2018-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2018-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2018-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2018-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2018-02-22 Enrolled
  • 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
  • 2018-02-23 Signed by President
  • 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
  • 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
  • 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5695637b-9aa3-4248-baf9-e61df0a56463. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).