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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dealers; prohibits sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes."
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description: "Dealers; sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes. Prohibits a dealer or commercial dog or cat breeder, as defined in the bill, from importing for sale, selling, or offering for sale a dog or cat bred 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 selling includes selling the dog or cat for experimental purposes. Certain provisions of the bill apply only to violations occurring on or after March 1, 2023."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 87"
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citation: "Virginia SB 87 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2022-01-05"
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last_action: "2022-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96d31d9f-8371-4733-b802-a9b351359b91"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB87"
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source_hash: "6ff8472296507fdd5a91e792dcfda94aaa92292b9abd84866ebfc67bc42961a1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 87 (2022) — Dealers; prohibits sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes.
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Dealers; sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes. Prohibits a dealer or commercial dog or cat breeder, as defined in the bill, from importing for sale, selling, or offering for sale a dog or cat bred 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 selling includes selling the dog or cat for experimental purposes. Certain provisions of the bill apply only to violations occurring on or after March 1, 2023.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0095** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0095)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106321D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB87S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 22107366D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB87H1)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101357D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB87)
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5. **Printed as engrossed 22106321D-ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB87ES1)
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6. **SB87ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB87ER)
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## Votes
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101357D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB87)
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- **2022-02-01** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute printed 22106321D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB87S1)
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- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 22106321D-S1
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- **2022-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2022-02-11** Amendment by Senator Stanley agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB87ES1
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- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22106321D-ES1
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- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB87ES1)
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-21** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-03-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute printed 22107366D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB87H1)
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- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22107366D-H1
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- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB87H1
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- **2022-03-07** Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-08** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-08** Title replaced 22107366D-H1
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- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB87ER)
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 95 (effective 7/1/22 - see bill) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96d31d9f-8371-4733-b802-a9b351359b91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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