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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry."
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description: "Animal Cruelty Conviction List established.Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish no laterthan January 1, 2027, and to maintain the Animal Cruelty ConvictionList and to make the List available to the public on the websiteof the Department of State Police. The bill specifies that the Listinclude the names of persons convicted of certain felony animal crueltyoffenses on or after July 1, 2024. The bill requires persons convictedof any such offense to pay a fee of $50 per conviction to fund themaintenance of the List. The bill also requires the Department toremove a person's name and information from the List 15 years afterits listing if he has no additional felony conviction of any such offense."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 62"
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citation: "Virginia HB 62 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ellen H. Campbell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2023-12-22"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e5194ee-9b1e-425b-8c27-85f91b6e6550"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB62"
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source_hash: "2727c45f953a28272a395236e863ecb474ff573e7e5f51f09902c6394a30fd25"
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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 HB 62 (2024) — Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
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Animal Cruelty Conviction List established.Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish no laterthan January 1, 2027, and to maintain the Animal Cruelty ConvictionList and to make the List available to the public on the websiteof the Department of State Police. The bill specifies that the Listinclude the names of persons convicted of certain felony animal crueltyoffenses on or after July 1, 2024. The bill requires persons convictedof any such offense to pay a fee of $50 per conviction to fund themaintenance of the List. The bill also requires the Department toremove a person's name and information from the List 15 years afterits listing if he has no additional felony conviction of any such offense.
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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. **CHAP0712** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0712)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24108055D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB62S1)
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3. **HB62ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB62ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102944D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB62)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 15-N) — **80–15** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N) — **73–26** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 96-N) — **2–95** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ellen H. Campbell — primary (person)
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- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Baxter Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102944D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-12-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB62)
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- **2024-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
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- **2024-01-24** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-02-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 26-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-19** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Committee substitute printed 24108055D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB62S1)
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 24108055D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB62S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate substitute rejected by House 24108055D-S1 (2-Y 96-N)
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- **2024-03-04** VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 96-N)
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- **2024-03-05** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** House acceded to request
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- **2024-03-06** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-06** Delegates: Tran, Laufer, Campbell
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- **2024-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-07** Senators: Favola, Pekarsky, Stanley
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- **2024-03-08** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 15-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 15-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB62ER)
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)
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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/4e5194ee-9b1e-425b-8c27-85f91b6e6550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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