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type: "Bill"
title: "Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats."
description: "Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testingfacilities; adoption of dogs and cats. Requires a breeder ofdogs and cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facilitythat no longer has a need for a dog or cat in its possession to offerthe animal for adoption prior to euthanizing it. Currently, onlyanimal testing facilities are subject to this requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 90"
citation: "Virginia SB 90 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/565ed7e3-2fc1-4cad-ad89-2b2d9656307f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB90"
source_hash: "d5d8b3a442e877f366f6ea58595494444c4a1472a2b0b4350a0b0e1a39bda2e8"
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 90 (2022) — Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats.
Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testingfacilities; adoption of dogs and cats. Requires a breeder ofdogs and cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facilitythat no longer has a need for a dog or cat in its possession to offerthe animal for adoption prior to euthanizing it. Currently, onlyanimal testing facilities are subject to this requirement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0091** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0091)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101362D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB90)
3. **SB90ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB90ER)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101362D `introduction`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB90)
- **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** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-03-07** Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB90ER)
- **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 91 (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/565ed7e3-2fc1-4cad-ad89-2b2d9656307f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).