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Dogs or cats; rental or lease prohibited, civil penalty, exception.

Rental or lease of dog or cat prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits the rental or lease of a dog or cat to a consumer, including by a purported sale of the animal in a manner that vests less than full equity in the consumer at the time of the purported sale. The bill prohibits the sale of a dog or cat in which the animal is subject to repossession upon default of the agreement and prohibits any financial institution from offering a loan for which the animal is subject to repossession upon default of the loan. The bill provides that the Attorney General may bring a civil action to enforce the bill's provisions and that a violator may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $2,500. A pet shop, commercial dog breeder, dealer, or other business that violates the provisions of the bill also may have its business license, retail license, or local pet shop permit suspended or revoked after a hearing by the issuing authority. The bill exempts certain animals from its prohibitions, including purebred dogs leased for breeding; dogs or cats used in spectator events, motion pictures, racing, or other entertainment; and service dogs, guide or leader dogs, security dogs, law-enforcement dogs, military working dogs, and certified facility dogs. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 742

Virginia SB 742 (2020)

bill

enacted

Jeremy S. McPike

2020-01-08

2020-04-02

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ocd-bill/6f462196-2739-46bb-8f4e-ff9e3efe5209

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB742

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

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 742 (2020) — Dogs or cats; rental or lease prohibited, civil penalty, exception.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB742ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB742E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB742) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
House amendments agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N) — 52–45 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103159D introduction
2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB742)
2020-01-28 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-31 Reading of amendments waived
2020-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-31 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB742E
2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20103159D-E
2020-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB742E)
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
2020-02-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-26 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-02-28 Read second time reading-2
2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-02 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-03-02 Engrossed by House as amended
2020-03-02 Passed House with amendments (53-Y 45-N) passage
2020-03-02 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)
2020-03-03 House amendments agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2020-03-06 Enrolled
2020-03-07 Signed by President
2020-03-07 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB742ER)
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 630 (effective 1/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f462196-2739-46bb-8f4e-ff9e3efe5209. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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