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Bill License tax; retired police or military dogs, exemption. License tax; retired police or military dogs; exemption. Allows a locality by ordinance to exempt any dog that served as a police or law-enforcement dog or military working dog from the license tax on the ownership of dogs. Such ordinance must include a verification process for the vaccination records of such a dog. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 299 Virginia HB 299 (2024)
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Virginia HB 299 (2024) — License tax; retired police or military dogs, exemption.

License tax; retired police or military dogs; exemption. Allows a locality by ordinance to exempt any dog that served as a police or law-enforcement dog or military working dog from the license tax on the ownership of dogs. Such ordinance must include a verification process for the vaccination records of such a dog.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0187 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB299ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102274D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Printed as engrossed 24102274D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — 53 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102274D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
  • 2024-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2024-01-24 Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-01-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-01-29 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2024-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB299E
  • 2024-01-29 Printed as engrossed 24102274D-E
  • 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-01-30 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2024-02-19 Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB299ER) passage
  • 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0187)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4496a6be-4da4-4761-b65d-58d2a82fdd05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).