republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-11.md

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Bill	Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals.	Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. Provides that any person convicted of felony cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of companion or equine animals for life and any person convicted of misdemeanor cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of such animals for a period of up to five years. Under current law, such prohibition is limited to companion animals and a period equal to the statutory maximum period of incarceration. The bill also specifies that a court may order that any animal possessed or owned by such person may be disposed of by a local governing body or delivered to another person with a right of property in the animal.The bill further provides that any person who has his rights to possession or ownership of companion or equine animals prohibited pursuant to a felony conviction may petition the court where such conviction occurred for a restoration of his rights after five years from the date of conviction. This bill is identical to HB 223.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 11	Virginia SB 11 (2024)	bill		enacted	Barbara A. Favola	5	50	11	2023-11-21	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c6d7bdde-726a-4541-9299-eaf40f35adc4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB11	2578e7fe63af52ac01acdef2938aa743c2f6fe6d2f10bbe76098719015c6e1cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 11 (2024) — Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals.

Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. Provides that any person convicted of felony cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of companion or equine animals for life and any person convicted of misdemeanor cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of such animals for a period of up to five years. Under current law, such prohibition is limited to companion animals and a period equal to the statutory maximum period of incarceration. The bill also specifies that a court may order that any animal possessed or owned by such person may be disposed of by a local governing body or delivered to another person with a right of property in the animal.The bill further provides that any person who has his rights to possession or ownership of companion or equine animals prohibited pursuant to a felony conviction may petition the court where such conviction occurred for a restoration of his rights after five years from the date of conviction. This bill is identical to HB 223.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0489 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printed as engrossed 24100480D-E (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24106527D-ES1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB11ER (committee substitute) — source
5. SB11S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N) — 84–13 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee amendments reconsidered (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-21 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100480D filing, introduction
• 2023-11-21 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB11)
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-26 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB11E
• 2024-01-26 Printed as engrossed 24100480D-E
• 2024-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-30 Floor substitute printed 24106527D-S1 (Favola)
• 2024-01-30 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Committee amendments reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Committee amendments rejected amendment-failure
• 2024-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-01-30 Substitute by Senator Favola agreed to 24106527D-S1
• 2024-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB11S1
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-31 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-31 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-01-31 Amendment by Senator Favola agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB11ES1
• 2024-01-31 Printed as engrossed 24106527D-ES1
• 2024-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-31 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB11ES1)
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) substitution
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed House (85-Y 13-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB11ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House reprinted (SB11ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB11ER)
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 489 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6d7bdde-726a-4541-9299-eaf40f35adc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).