republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-865.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pet shops; local ordinance requiring bond for out-of-state breeder."
description: "Authorizes any local governing body to adopt an ordinance that requires any pet shop selling dogs procured from outside the Commonwealth to furnish a bond of at least $5,000 if it maintains for sale an average of 50 or fewer dogs per year and not more than $30,000 if it maintains for sale an average of 51 or more dogs per year. The bill authorizes such a locality to reduce or waive the bond requirement at its discretion and to terminate the bond requirement for a pet shop that has operated without interruption for 10 years without having its bond called by the locality. The bill provides that if a pet shop ceases business operations, the locality shall have the right to call the bond and utilize the resulting funds as necessary to protect the welfare of the animals or fish from the shop."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 865"
citation: "Virginia HB 865 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Counties", "Cities and Towns"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ccc9266-0d42-4149-879d-dcef8057d066"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB865"
source_hash: "6f2b948e420ab8020b1118557a6169ba2d286f5623658d9016cedbbfcda68074"
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 865 (2018) — Pet shops; local ordinance requiring bond for out-of-state breeder.

Authorizes any local governing body to adopt an ordinance that requires any pet shop selling dogs procured from outside the Commonwealth to furnish a bond of at least $5,000 if it maintains for sale an average of 50 or fewer dogs per year and not more than $30,000 if it maintains for sale an average of 51 or more dogs per year. The bill authorizes such a locality to reduce or waive the bond requirement at its discretion and to terminate the bond requirement for a pet shop that has operated without interruption for 10 years without having its bond called by the locality. The bill provides that if a pet shop ceases business operations, the locality shall have the right to call the bond and utilize the resulting funds as necessary to protect the welfare of the animals or fish from the shop.

## 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 (HB865ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB865ER)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18106289D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB865H1)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100009D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB865)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100009D `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 18106289D-H1
- **2018-02-05** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB865H1
- **2018-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
- **2018-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2018-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 272 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ccc9266-0d42-4149-879d-dcef8057d066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).