republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-523.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Pet shops; notice of deceased animals.	Breeding of dogs and cats for research; reporting.Requires any person who or entity that breeds dogs and cats for animal testing facilities to report certain to the State Veterinarianon a monthly basis. The report shall include information regardingthe birth, acquisition, death, sale, transfer, or other dispositionof a dog or cat in the prior month.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 523	Virginia HB 523 (2022)	bill		enacted	Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler	4	31	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/46941417-11cc-4f3a-9543-5509e9fd8911	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB523	4eeadba89938812b0d269a498e7735d17d38e9bf666128a168ddba641f5734ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 523 (2022) — Pet shops; notice of deceased animals.

Breeding of dogs and cats for research; reporting.Requires any person who or entity that breeds dogs and cats for animal testing facilities to report certain to the State Veterinarianon a monthly basis. The report shall include information regardingthe birth, acquisition, death, sale, transfer, or other dispositionof a dog or cat in the prior month.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0273 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106364D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB523ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104244D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (75-Y 25-N) — 75–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104244D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB523)
• 2022-01-31 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute printed 22106364D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106364D-H1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB523H1
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 25-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Passage (75-Y 25-N)
• 2022-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB523H1)
• 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 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (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 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled
• 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB523ER)
• 2022-03-10 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
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 273 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46941417-11cc-4f3a-9543-5509e9fd8911. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).