republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1354.md

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Bill	Cats; prohibition on declawing.	Declawing cats; prohibition; civil penalty.Makes unlawful the practice of declawing cats except as necessaryfor a therapeutic purpose, as defined in the bill, and creates acivil penalty of $500 for the first violation, $1,000 for the secondviolation, and $2,500 for the third or any subsequent violation. The bill also entitles any animal control officer, humane investigator,or state or local law-enforcement officer to bring a civil actionfor a violation of this section.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1354	Virginia HB 1354 (2024)	bill		enacted	Marty Martinez	5	43	8	2024-01-12	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/938217b5-4ed4-4b01-853a-8fb13da59685	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1354	24b6f3603b13d20d80e1f398ce6c4a3ea6ce9f98adb2b4c8bb03bdc8fcc40cf0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1354 (2024) — Cats; prohibition on declawing.

Declawing cats; prohibition; civil penalty.Makes unlawful the practice of declawing cats except as necessaryfor a therapeutic purpose, as defined in the bill, and creates acivil penalty of $500 for the first violation, $1,000 for the secondviolation, and $2,500 for the third or any subsequent violation. The bill also entitles any animal control officer, humane investigator,or state or local law-enforcement officer to bring a civil actionfor a violation of this section.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0748 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106640D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108149D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1354ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Presented and ordered printed 24104582D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N) — 51–44 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 41-N) — 57–41 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N 1-A) — 25–13 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage #2 (54-Y 44-N) — 53–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marty Martinez — primary (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
• William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-12 Presented and ordered printed 24104582D introduction
• 2024-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1354)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24106640D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1354H1)
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106640D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1354H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (52-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2024-02-13 Passed House (54-Y 44-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage #2 (54-Y 44-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Committee substitute printed 24108149D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108149D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1354S1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N 1-A) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108149D-S1 (58-Y 41-N) substitution
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 41-N)
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1354S1)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1354ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1354ER)
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 748 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0748)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/938217b5-4ed4-4b01-853a-8fb13da59685. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).