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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dangerous dog; deferral of proceedings, removal of finding."
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description: "Authorizes a court to defer proceedings in the adjudication of an animal as a dangerous dog. Such authority requires the court to place conditions upon the owner of the animal, the violation of which shall authorize the court to proceed as it otherwise would have. The bill provides that upon the fulfillment of the conditions, the court shall dismiss the proceedings against the animal and the owner."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2745"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2745 (2019)"
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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: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-17"
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last_action: "2019-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11b5229c-5394-4891-a49d-72b2347045cd"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2745"
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source_hash: "7f3b2e05b29c1af1e1898e2210f7d11105dd368dd0f41a3251ead6ca0a009dc2"
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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 HB 2745 (2019) — Dangerous dog; deferral of proceedings, removal of finding.
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Authorizes a court to defer proceedings in the adjudication of an animal as a dangerous dog. Such authority requires the court to place conditions upon the owner of the animal, the violation of which shall authorize the court to proceed as it otherwise would have. The bill provides that upon the fulfillment of the conditions, the court shall dismiss the proceedings against the animal and the owner.
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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 (CHAP0190)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0190)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2745)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2745ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2745ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105875D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2745H1)
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5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104730D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2745)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House — **71–25** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **37–3** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 19104730D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19105875D-H1
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2745H1
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House (71-Y 25-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
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- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/19) `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/11b5229c-5394-4891-a49d-72b2347045cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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