republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-604.md

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Bill	Animal cruelty; companion animals, penalty.	Animal cruelty; companion animals; penalty. Clarifies that dogs and cats in the possession of a person who or an entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal research facility are considered companion animals for the purposes of animal cruelty statutes. The bill also provides that breeding dogs or cats for sale or transfer to a research facility, or breeding dogs or cats within a research facility, does not constitute bona fide scientific or medical experimentation for purposes of animal cruelty statutes. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act and do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2023 Session of the General Assembly.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 604	Virginia SB 604 (2022)	bill		enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	5	44	9	2022-01-12	2022-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/f1d34712-5d3d-498e-87c5-16814059668e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB604	68352e370d254e7fb0faace950d3429b430c510f35eb23f36ab2170a5adf1dc0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 604 (2022) — Animal cruelty; companion animals, penalty.

Animal cruelty; companion animals; penalty. Clarifies that dogs and cats in the possession of a person who or an entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal research facility are considered companion animals for the purposes of animal cruelty statutes. The bill also provides that breeding dogs or cats for sale or transfer to a research facility, or breeding dogs or cats within a research facility, does not constitute bona fide scientific or medical experimentation for purposes of animal cruelty statutes. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act and do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2023 Session of the General Assembly.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0092 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22107018D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104107D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 22104107D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. SB604ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104107D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-14 Impact statement from VCSC (SB604)
• 2022-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB604)
• 2022-02-01 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-02-14 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-02-14 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-02-14 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB604E
• 2022-02-14 Printed as engrossed 22104107D-E
• 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB604E)
• 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 Impact statement from VCSC (SB604E)
• 2022-02-22 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Committee substitute printed 22107018D-H1 substitution
• 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB604H1)
• 2022-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22107018D-H1
• 2022-03-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB604H1
• 2022-03-07 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Title replaced 22107018D-H1
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB604ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 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 92 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1d34712-5d3d-498e-87c5-16814059668e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).