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| Bill | Dealers; prohibits sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes. | Dealers; sale of dogs or cats for experimentalpurposes. Prohibits a dealer or commercial dog or cat breeder from importing for sale, selling, or offering for sale a dog or catbred by a person who has received certain citations pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act. Current law only prohibits such activities related to the sale of dogs. The bill also clarifies that sellingincludes selling the dog or cat for experimental purposes. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 1350 | Virginia HB 1350 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 1350 (2022) — Dealers; prohibits sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes.
Dealers; sale of dogs or cats for experimentalpurposes. Prohibits a dealer or commercial dog or cat breeder from importing for sale, selling, or offering for sale a dog or catbred by a person who has received certain citations pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act. Current law only prohibits such activities related to the sale of dogs. The bill also clarifies that sellingincludes selling the dog or cat for experimental purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0094 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22107036D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1350ER (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22104559D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22104559D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) — 98–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 22104559D
introduction - 2022-01-21 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1350)
- 2022-01-31 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
referral-committee - 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
- 2022-02-09 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-11 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-14 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-14 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House as amended HB1350E
- 2022-02-14 Printed as engrossed 22104559D-E
- 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-15 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
- 2022-02-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB1350E)
- 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2022-02-21 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
referral-committee - 2022-03-01 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-03-01 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-01 Committee substitute printed 22107036D-S1
substitution - 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1350S1)
- 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 22107036D-S1
- 2022-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1350S1
- 2022-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-08 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107036D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-10 Enrolled
- 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1350ER)
- 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
- 2022-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 94 (effective 7/1/22 - see bill)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c6481c3-1477-4a23-bc28-faa2641ccc99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).