republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1330.md

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Bill	Companion animals; duty to identify submitted animal, scanning for microchip.	Companion animals; duty to identify submitted animal; microchip. Requires veterinarians, public and private animal shelters, and releasing agencies to seek to identify the lawful owners of the unidentified companion animals that are submitted to them by scanning for embedded microchips. The bill provides that such scanning shall be conducted at the time of intake, at the time of assessment, and prior to disposition and that a reasonable effort shall be made to contact the owner. The bill also requires that documentation of such scanning and any attempts to contact the owner be maintained for at least 30 days from the date of final disposition of the animal. The requirements of the bill do not apply to transfers between veterinarians, shelters, or releasing agencies.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 1330	Virginia HB 1330 (2022)	bill		enacted	James E. Edmunds, II	4	33	7	2022-01-21	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/9d975207-0420-474e-ba89-644ba878b8f2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1330	97b9cfd70869662a5ecc0f5ec6a2a464c2f318f2c43fa2fe42d104415cb43392	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1330 (2022) — Companion animals; duty to identify submitted animal, scanning for microchip.

Companion animals; duty to identify submitted animal; microchip. Requires veterinarians, public and private animal shelters, and releasing agencies to seek to identify the lawful owners of the unidentified companion animals that are submitted to them by scanning for embedded microchips. The bill provides that such scanning shall be conducted at the time of intake, at the time of assessment, and prior to disposition and that a reasonable effort shall be made to contact the owner. The bill also requires that documentation of such scanning and any attempts to contact the owner be maintained for at least 30 days from the date of final disposition of the animal. The requirements of the bill do not apply to transfers between veterinarians, shelters, or releasing agencies.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0387 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105828D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1330ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 22104490D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N) — 93–4 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 22104490D introduction
• 2022-01-21 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1330)
• 2022-01-31 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute printed 22105828D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1330H1)
• 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22105828D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1330H1
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-03-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2022-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-08 Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 4-N)
• 2022-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N)
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1330ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 387 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d975207-0420-474e-ba89-644ba878b8f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).