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| Bill | Comprehensive animal care; enforceable under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. | Comprehensive animal care; enforceable underVirginia Consumer Protection Act. Subjects certain animal carestatutes to enforcement under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act(§ 59.1-196 et seq.). These statutes relate to the misrepresentationof animals' conditions, the posting of information about dogs, andwritten notice of consumer remedies required to be provided by petshops, pet dealers, and animal boarding establishments. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 114 | Virginia SB 114 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 114 (2020) — Comprehensive animal care; enforceable under Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
Comprehensive animal care; enforceable underVirginia Consumer Protection Act. Subjects certain animal carestatutes to enforcement under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act(§ 59.1-196 et seq.). These statutes relate to the misrepresentationof animals' conditions, the posting of information about dogs, andwritten notice of consumer remedies required to be provided by petshops, pet dealers, and animal boarding establishments.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB114ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB114S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB114) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (62-Y 37-N) — 61–37 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100932D
introduction - 2019-12-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-01-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB114)
- 2020-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
referral-committee - 2020-01-21 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-21 Committee substitute printed 20105940D-S1
substitution - 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-24 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20105940D-S1
- 2020-01-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB114S1
- 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB114S1)
- 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 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 (6-Y 2-N)
- 2020-02-26 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-02 Passed House (62-Y 37-N)
passage - 2020-03-02 VOTE: Passage (62-Y 37-N)
- 2020-03-06 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB114ER)
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 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
- 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 412 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1373d16-3647-474a-b315-38e93a428734. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).