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type: "Bill"
title: "Dangerous dog; extending the time for adjudication."
description: "Dangerous dog; extending the time for adjudication. Requires the court, unless good cause is determined by the court,to hold the evidentiary hearing pursuant to the dangerous dog summonswithin 30 days or as soon as practicable from the issuance of thesummons. Under current law, the court is required to hold such hearingnot more than 30 days from the issuance of the summons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 804"
citation: "Virginia HB 804 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58e3a46c-d84b-4fb9-b5c5-2d5834b3630c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB804"
source_hash: "a001b8855841c5f3dab64b5c58155b6e9a76d146774c377bfb0af3027655795e"
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 HB 804 (2024) — Dangerous dog; extending the time for adjudication.
Dangerous dog; extending the time for adjudication. Requires the court, unless good cause is determined by the court,to hold the evidentiary hearing pursuant to the dangerous dog summonswithin 30 days or as soon as practicable from the issuance of thesummons. Under current law, the court is required to hold such hearingnot more than 30 days from the issuance of the summons.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0145)
2. **HB804ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB804ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102883D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB804)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102883D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB804)
- **2024-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB804ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB804ER)
- **2024-03-02** 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`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 145 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58e3a46c-d84b-4fb9-b5c5-2d5834b3630c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).