republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-1030.md

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Bill	Dangerous captive animal exhibits; definitions, penalty, effective date.	Dangerous captive animal exhibits; penalty. Prohibits a keeper of dangerous captive animals, defined in the bill, from providing or offering to provide to any member of the public, for free or for a cost, direct contact with such dangerous captive animal. The bill provides that a violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor and that the keeper is subject to a fine of not more than $500. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 1030	Virginia SB 1030 (2020)	bill		enacted	Lionell Spruill, Sr.	4	33	7	2020-01-17	2020-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/d83b72d2-50dd-4225-9740-5bd067f8a675	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1030	d5a3d07f60833ac9ff529d9e0338cc0d8c5c7471cf5536d99a8e2535607a01da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1030 (2020) — Dangerous captive animal exhibits; definitions, penalty, effective date.

Dangerous captive animal exhibits; penalty. Prohibits a keeper of dangerous captive animals, defined in the bill, from providing or offering to provide to any member of the public, for free or for a cost, direct contact with such dangerous captive animal. The bill provides that a violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor and that the keeper is subject to a fine of not more than $500. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1030ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1030E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB1030) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) — 51–48 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20105242D introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB1030)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-07 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1030E
• 2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20105242D-E
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB1030E)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-26 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-02 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-03-02 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2020-03-02 Passed House with amendment (52-Y 48-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
• 2020-03-03 House amendment agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB1030ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d83b72d2-50dd-4225-9740-5bd067f8a675. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).