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| Bill | Animal testing facilities; definitions, adoption of dogs and cats, civil penalty. | Animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats; civil penalty. Requires any animal testing facility, defined in the bill, that no longer has need for a dog or cat in its possession that does not pose a health or safety risk to the public or itself to offer, for a reasonable period of time prior to euthanasia, such dog or cat for adoption to a releasing agency or through a private placement or in the case of a testing facility operated by an agency or institution of higher education, develop its own adoption program. The bill authorizes an animal testing facility to enter into an agreement with a releasing agency for the implementation of the adoption. Violation is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 and any court costs and attorney fees. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1417 | Virginia SB 1417 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1417 (2021) — Animal testing facilities; definitions, adoption of dogs and cats, civil penalty.
Animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats; civil penalty. Requires any animal testing facility, defined in the bill, that no longer has need for a dog or cat in its possession that does not pose a health or safety risk to the public or itself to offer, for a reasonable period of time prior to euthanasia, such dog or cat for adoption to a releasing agency or through a private placement or in the case of a testing facility operated by an agency or institution of higher education, develop its own adoption program. The bill authorizes an animal testing facility to enter into an agreement with a releasing agency for the implementation of the adoption. Violation is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 and any court costs and attorney fees.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0340 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103722D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100835D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1417ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100835D
introduction - 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
referral-committee - 2021-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1417)
- 2021-01-25 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-26 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-26 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-26 Committee substitute printed 21103722D-S1
substitution - 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-29 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 21103722D-S1
- 2021-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1417S1
- 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-01 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB1417S1)
- 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 2021-02-09 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
referral-committee - 2021-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-19 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled
- 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1417ER)
- 2021-02-24 Signed by President
- 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 340 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9d6db0a-8984-4011-a1fb-9be442fd7a63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).