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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dogs; import and sale from certain breeders, penalty."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 303"
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citation: "Virginia SB 303 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-05"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f4dcee7-cd03-443d-9483-852e02f5ff54"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB303"
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source_hash: "0416eb7e896d94a869bf990dd6b3d67ddfcc4fcfd0957f731f0c565aa7e997d0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 303 (2020) — Dogs; import and sale from certain breeders, penalty.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0569)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB303ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB303ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB303)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB303)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100785D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB303)
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-02** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99--Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB303ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 569 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f4dcee7-cd03-443d-9483-852e02f5ff54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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