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| Bill | Dogs; import and sale from certain breeders, penalty. | Import and sale of dogs from certain breeders;penalty. Prohibits any dealer or commercial dog breeder fromimporting for sale, selling, or offering for sale any dog bred bya person who has received certain citations pursuant to enforcementof the federal Animal Welfare Act. A violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 303 | Virginia SB 303 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 303 (2020) — Dogs; import and sale from certain breeders, penalty.
Import and sale of dogs from certain breeders;penalty. Prohibits any dealer or commercial dog breeder fromimporting for sale, selling, or offering for sale any dog bred bya person who has received certain citations pursuant to enforcementof the federal Animal Welfare Act. A violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB303ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB303) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100785D
introduction - 2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB303)
- 2020-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
referral-committee - 2020-01-21 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-24 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 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 (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-02 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99--Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-02 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-06 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB303ER)
- 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
- 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 569 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f4dcee7-cd03-443d-9483-852e02f5ff54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).