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type: "Bill"
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title: "Rabies clinics; animal vaccination and microchip services."
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description: "Rabies clinics; animal vaccination and microchip services. Allows rabies clinics approved by local health departments and governing bodies to offer microchipping and additional animal health vaccines at the discretion of the licensed veterinarian or veterinarians participating in the clinic. The bill requires any licensed veterinarian who administers animal health vaccinations at the clinic to provide the owner or custodian of an animal a vaccination record for each vaccinated animal and ensure that a licensed veterinary establishment retains a copy of each vaccination record. The bill allows licensed veterinary technicians to administer animal health vaccines at a rabies clinic under the immediate and direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian on the premises unless otherwise provided by regulations. The bill requires local health departments to submit a report to the Department of Health no later than December 31 of each year that includes (i) the number and location of rabies clinics approved and (ii) the number and type of vaccinations administered, the number of microchips administered, and the number of veterinarians and veterinary technicians in attendance at each clinic to determine the type of service utilized."
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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: "SB 412"
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citation: "Virginia SB 412 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/355cf1ec-238e-4a49-8c6c-3b3b73f86139"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB412"
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source_hash: "2eccbc15fdd710f9bc5ace895372376848d8eab6abaa5759432cb98faa56338e"
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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 SB 412 (2024) — Rabies clinics; animal vaccination and microchip services.
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Rabies clinics; animal vaccination and microchip services. Allows rabies clinics approved by local health departments and governing bodies to offer microchipping and additional animal health vaccines at the discretion of the licensed veterinarian or veterinarians participating in the clinic. The bill requires any licensed veterinarian who administers animal health vaccinations at the clinic to provide the owner or custodian of an animal a vaccination record for each vaccinated animal and ensure that a licensed veterinary establishment retains a copy of each vaccination record. The bill allows licensed veterinary technicians to administer animal health vaccines at a rabies clinic under the immediate and direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian on the premises unless otherwise provided by regulations. The bill requires local health departments to submit a report to the Department of Health no later than December 31 of each year that includes (i) the number and location of rabies clinics approved and (ii) the number and type of vaccinations administered, the number of microchips administered, and the number of veterinarians and veterinary technicians in attendance at each clinic to determine the type of service utilized.
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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. **CHAP0241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0241)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24105740D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB412S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103053D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB412)
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4. **SB412ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB412ER)
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## Votes
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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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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103053D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB412)
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- **2024-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Committee substitute printed 24105740D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 24105740D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB412S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB412S1)
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB412ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB412ER)
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- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 241 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241)
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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/355cf1ec-238e-4a49-8c6c-3b3b73f86139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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