republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1573.md

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Bill	Rabid animals; Class 1 misdemeanor for person to permit rabid dog or cat to stray from premises.	Rabid animals. Raises from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor the punishment for an owner of a dog or cat who has been ordered to or agreed to confine such dog or cat pursuant to an animal confinement agreement or a plan upon suspicion of the dog or cat having rabies to permit the dog or cat to stray from his premises and such dog or cat (i) bites, attacks, or inflicts injury on a companion animal that is a dog or cat; (ii) kills a companion animal that is a dog or cat; or (iii) bites, attacks, or inflicts injury on a person.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1573	Virginia HB 1573 (2020)	bill		enacted	Robert B. Bell	5	34	7	2020-01-14	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/5576eddb-fd52-4b74-b570-a47efcfae060	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1573	04ff3acfd5057f8bae04cc79ea019e0ede228fd717adf5e838db24e46732c618	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1573 (2020) — Rabid animals; Class 1 misdemeanor for person to permit rabid dog or cat to stray from premises.

Rabid animals. Raises from a Class 4 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor the punishment for an owner of a dog or cat who has been ordered to or agreed to confine such dog or cat pursuant to an animal confinement agreement or a plan upon suspicion of the dog or cat having rabies to permit the dog or cat to stray from his premises and such dog or cat (i) bites, attacks, or inflicts injury on a companion animal that is a dog or cat; (ii) kills a companion animal that is a dog or cat; or (iii) bites, attacks, or inflicts injury on a person. 

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1183) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1573ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1573H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1573H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1573S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20104844D introduction
• 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20106738D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20106738D-H1
• 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1573H1
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1573H1)
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20108971D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108971D-S1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1573S1
• 2020-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-28 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108971D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1573S1)
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1573ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1183 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5576eddb-fd52-4b74-b570-a47efcfae060. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).