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| Bill | Livestock; changes definition to include alpacas. | Adds animals of the genus Vicugna, which includes alpacas, to the definition of "livestock" in the Domestic Animals law. Under current law, the definition includes animals of the genus Lama, which includes llamas but does not include alpacas. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2019 | HB 2689 | Virginia HB 2689 (2019) |
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4 | 20 | 7 | 2019-01-14 | 2019-03-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/15391f63-dd71-48f4-baad-e9f6e65175ea | http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2689 | ea21b4cfc800663c9f302a0fb888e7a25f40c2815801199de5e0e75e07dca3f3 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 2689 (2019) — Livestock; changes definition to include alpacas.
Adds animals of the genus Vicugna, which includes alpacas, to the definition of "livestock" in the Domestic Animals law. Under current law, the definition includes animals of the genus Lama, which includes llamas but does not include alpacas.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2689ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Presented and ordered printed 19103655D (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105641D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19105641D-S1 — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brenda L. Pogge — primary (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 19103655D
introduction - 2019-01-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2019-01-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2019-01-25 Read first time
reading-1 - 2019-01-28 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2019-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2019-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2019-01-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2019-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2019-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
- 2019-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 19105641D-S1
- 2019-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2689S1
- 2019-02-14 Placed on Calendar
- 2019-02-14 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19105641D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 2019-02-19 Enrolled
- 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2019-02-20 Signed by President
- 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 258 (effective 7/1/19)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15391f63-dd71-48f4-baad-e9f6e65175ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).