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Bill Dogs; sale and procurement by pet shops, pet shop regulations. Sale and procurement of dogs by pet shops; pet shop regulations. Requires a pet shop, upon taking custody of a dog, or any representative of a pet shop upon taking custody of a dog on behalf of the pet shop, to make a record of the matter containing certain information relating to the custody of the dog. The bill requires the pet shop to maintain such records for at least two years and make them available to the State Veterinarian at the time of inspection or upon request. The bill requires the pet shop make a summary of such records available to the State Veterinarian during inspection or upon request. The bill also directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to include in its regulations governing the keeping of dogs and cats by a pet shop a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per violation for each finding in a given inspection of a pet shop upon communication to the pet shop, provided that the cumulative civil penalty does not exceed $5,000. The bill requires the civil penalty to be recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General in the name of the Commonwealth and paid into a special fund in the state treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 903 Virginia SB 903 (2025)
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Virginia SB 903 (2025) — Dogs; sale and procurement by pet shops, pet shop regulations.

Sale and procurement of dogs by pet shops; pet shop regulations. Requires a pet shop, upon taking custody of a dog, or any representative of a pet shop upon taking custody of a dog on behalf of the pet shop, to make a record of the matter containing certain information relating to the custody of the dog. The bill requires the pet shop to maintain such records for at least two years and make them available to the State Veterinarian at the time of inspection or upon request. The bill requires the pet shop make a summary of such records available to the State Veterinarian during inspection or upon request. The bill also directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to include in its regulations governing the keeping of dogs and cats by a pet shop a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per violation for each finding in a given inspection of a pet shop upon communication to the pet shop, provided that the cumulative civil penalty does not exceed $5,000. The bill requires the civil penalty to be recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General in the name of the Commonwealth and paid into a special fund in the state treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  3. Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  4. Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  5. Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  8. House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  9. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
  10. SAGR Sub: Companion Animals Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 1-N) — 94–1 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102151D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
  • 2025-01-28 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB903)
  • 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25105583D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB903)
  • 2025-01-31 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-01-31 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-02-07 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-17 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-02-17 Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-17 Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-18 House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-21 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-21 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER) passage
  • 2025-02-21 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-24 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB903)
  • 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
  • 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N)
  • 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (SB903ER2) enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 610 (Effective 07/01/2025) became-law
  • 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce7ecbdd-46b6-4d11-a6ca-b08209418b8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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