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Bill

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 HB 1552.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 272

Virginia SB 272 (2020)

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John J. Bell

2020-01-03

2020-04-09

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

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 272 (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 (CHAP0955) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB272ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB272E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB272H1) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB272S2) (committee substitute) — source
SB272S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 41-N) — 53–41 (pass) · lower
Senate acceded to request (29-Y 10-N) — 29–10 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 44-N) — 50–44 (pass) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 19-N 1-A) — 19–19 (fail) · upper
Conference report rejected by Senate (3-Y 36-N) — 3–36 (fail) · upper
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (7-Y 6-N 2-A) — 7–6 (pass) · upper
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N 1-A) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) — 65–32 (pass) · lower
Senate requested second conference committee (27-Y 11-N 1-A) — 27–11 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103262D introduction
2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB272)
2020-01-29 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
2020-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (7-Y 6-N 2-A) 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 SB272E
2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20103262D-E
2020-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 19-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
2020-02-10 Chair votes Yes
2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB272E)
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
2020-02-26 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
2020-02-26 Committee substitute printed 20109173D-H1 substitution
2020-02-28 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB272H1)
2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-02 Committee substitute agreed to 20109173D-H1
2020-03-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB272H1
2020-03-02 Passed House with substitute (66-Y 32-N) passage
2020-03-02 VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N)
2020-03-05 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N 1-A)
2020-03-05 House insisted on substitute
2020-03-05 House requested conference committee
2020-03-05 Senate acceded to request (29-Y 10-N)
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05 First Conference substitute printed 20109609D-S1
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 41-N)
2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 41-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report rejected by Senate (3-Y 36-N)
2020-03-07 Senate requested second conference committee (27-Y 11-N 1-A)
2020-03-07 House acceded to request for second conference committee
2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by House
2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-07 Second Conference substitute printed 20109923D-S2
2020-03-08 Second conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 44-N)
2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 44-N)
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N)
2020-03-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB272S2)
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 (SB272ER)
2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 955 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05fb73c5-c731-4a85-891d-66cae6102f00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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