republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-88.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Breeders of cats and dogs; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility."
description: "Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. Requires any person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep records of each animal for five years from the date of the acquisition, transfer, or disposition and to quarterly submit a summary of the records to the State Veterinarian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Virginia SB 88 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54a77f81-0100-4396-9558-c4c0fa650e23"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB88"
source_hash: "bf87298ed0d668aa14dd320184cbd72e2d894962f163f8d3ed234bd9af8e1516"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 88 (2022) — Breeders of cats and dogs; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility.

Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. Requires any person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep records of each animal for five years from the date of the acquisition, transfer, or disposition and to quarterly submit a summary of the records to the State Veterinarian.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0093** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0093)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106967D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB88H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101356D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB88)
4. **SB88ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB88ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101356D `introduction`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB88)
- **2022-02-01** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Passed by for the day
- **2022-02-11** Passed by for the day
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **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** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **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 22106967D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB88H1)
- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22106967D-H1
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB88H1
- **2022-03-07** Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Title replaced 22106967D-H1
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB88ER)
- **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 93 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54a77f81-0100-4396-9558-c4c0fa650e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).