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| Bill | Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry. | Local animal cruelty registries. Allows any locality to establish an animal cruelty registry for public access on the website of such locality or its local police department. The bill provides that such registry may include the names and relevant information of persons convicted of certain felony offenses for animal cruelty and that a person on such registry may request removal of his name after 15 years, provided that he has no additional felony convictions of an animal cruelty offense. The bill directs that all costs relating to a locality's animal cruelty registry shall be borne by such locality. This bill is identical to HB 62. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | SB 93 | Virginia SB 93 (2024) |
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Virginia SB 93 (2024) — Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
Local animal cruelty registries. Allows any locality to establish an animal cruelty registry for public access on the website of such locality or its local police department. The bill provides that such registry may include the names and relevant information of persons convicted of certain felony offenses for animal cruelty and that a person on such registry may request removal of his name after 15 years, provided that he has no additional felony convictions of an animal cruelty offense. The bill directs that all costs relating to a locality's animal cruelty registry shall be borne by such locality. This bill is identical to HB 62.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0758 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104230D (committee substitute) — source
- SB93ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (70-Y 27-N) — 69–27 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N) — 5–4 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104230D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2024-01-17 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-01-26 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 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 (5-Y 4-N)
- 2024-02-28 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 10-N)
committee-passage - 2024-03-01 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-04 Passed House (70-Y 27-N)
passage - 2024-03-04 VOTE: Passage (70-Y 27-N)
passage - 2024-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB93ER)
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 - 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 758 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d2d951d-569b-446f-94ee-0d829a82d525. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).