republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-279.md

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Bill	Vicious dogs; law-enforcement officer, etc., to apply to a magistrate for a summons, etc.	Vicious dogs. Authorizes a law-enforcement officer or animal control officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons for a vicious dog if such officer is located in either the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides or in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog committed one of the acts set forth in the definition of a vicious dog. Current law requires such action only if the law-enforcement officer or animal control officer is located in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides. The bill also requires any evidentiary hearing or appeal to be held not less than 30 days from the date of the summons or appeal, unless good cause is found by the court.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 279	Virginia SB 279 (2022)	bill		enacted	Bill DeSteph	4	32	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/4982d08a-0498-4c7b-b5ef-c2e2112ac051	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB279	547ddb8f842ee66b5b6ce38e1153d26f9ab155d20418621b8e12e6b681952d5f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 279 (2022) — Vicious dogs; law-enforcement officer, etc., to apply to a magistrate for a summons, etc.

Vicious dogs. Authorizes a law-enforcement officer or animal control officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons for a vicious dog if such officer is located in either the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides or in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog committed one of the acts set forth in the definition of a vicious dog. Current law requires such action only if the law-enforcement officer or animal control officer is located in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides. The bill also requires any evidentiary hearing or appeal to be held not less than 30 days from the date of the summons or appeal, unless good cause is found by the court.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0614 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101323D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 22101323D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB279ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate SB279E — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
• John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101323D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB279)
• 2022-02-08 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (10-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-02-10 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB279E
• 2022-02-10 Printed as engrossed 22101323D-E
• 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Passed Senate SB279E passage
• 2022-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB279E)
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB279ER)
• 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 614 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4982d08a-0498-4c7b-b5ef-c2e2112ac051. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).