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Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.

Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space. Provides that the outdoor tethering of an animal does not meet the requirement of adequate shelter during a hurricane warning or tropical storm warning or if the animal is not safe from predators or well suited or equipped to tolerate its environment. The bill provides that unless an animal control officer has inspected an animal's individual circumstances and determined it to be safe from predators and well suited and equipped to tolerate its environment, no such outdoor tethering during a heat advisory, a severe weather warning, or a period when the temperature is 85 degrees Fahrenheit or higher or 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower shall constitute the provision of adequate shelter. The measure increases the minimum tether length required to constitute adequate space to 15 feet in length or four times the length of the animal, whichever is greater. Current law requires the tether to be at least 10 feet in length or three times the length of the animal, whichever is greater. The bill provides an exception for a case in which an animal control officer, having inspected an animal's individual circumstances, determines that a shorter tether of at least 10 feet or three times the length of the animal makes the animal safer, more suited, and better equipped to tolerate its environment than a longer tether would. This bill is identical to SB 272.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 1552

Virginia HB 1552 (2020)

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Mark H. Levine

2020-01-11

2020-04-09

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https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1552

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 1552 (2020) — Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0954) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1552ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1552H1 (committee substitute) — source
HB1552H2 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1552H3) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1552S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (28-Y 10-N) — 28–10 (pass) · upper
Senate requested second conference committee (28-Y 12-N) — 28–12 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (49-Y 47-N) — 48–47 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (19-Y 17-N) — 19–17 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (64-Y 33-N) — 63–33 (pass) · lower
Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N) — 28–11 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 42-N) — 52–42 (pass) · lower
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 5-N) — 8–5 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 20105457D introduction
2020-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1552)
2020-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107749D-H1 substitution
2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-07 Passed by for the day
2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107749D-H1
2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1552H1
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (64-Y 33-N)
2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1552H1)
2020-02-17 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
2020-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20109122D-S1 substitution
2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1552S1)
2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20109122D-S1
2020-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1552S1
2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (19-Y 17-N) passage
2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
2020-03-02 Senate substitute rejected by House 20109122D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
2020-03-02 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
2020-03-03 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-03 Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-04 House acceded to request
2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05 First Conference substitute printed 20109714D-H2
2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (49-Y 47-N)
2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (49-Y 47-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2020-03-07 Senate requested second conference committee (28-Y 12-N)
2020-03-07 Motion for second committee of conference agreed to
2020-03-07 Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (28-Y 10-N)
2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N)
2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by House
2020-03-07 Second Conference substitute printed 20109930D-H3
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 42-N)
2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 42-N)
2020-03-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB1552H3)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1552ER)
2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 954 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c10bf6ff-fc90-42f4-827b-b1689e7d44be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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