republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-707.md

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Bill	Dogs; devocalization, prohibited, exception, penalty.	Devocalization of dogs prohibited. Makes it unlawful for any person engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine to perform a surgical devocalization procedure on a dog, except when such procedure is necessary to treat or relieve any injury, disease, or congenital defect that is causing or may cause the dog physical pain or harm.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 707	Virginia SB 707 (2026)	bill		enacted	J.D. "Danny" Diggs	3	35	7	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d0a3d062-3f40-4077-b4be-fcb23e1c33bc	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB707	7eba1ee231c824f6ffa1a3dcb6b50837eff32a21bf8c6ae651bb9ce282a8fe72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 707 (2026) — Dogs; devocalization, prohibited, exception, penalty.

Devocalization of dogs prohibited. Makes it unlawful for any person engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine to perform a surgical devocalization procedure on a dog, except when such procedure is necessary to treat or relieve any injury, disease, or congenital defect that is causing or may cause the dog physical pain or harm.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 89–10 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105207D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/21/2026 10:26 am)
• 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB707)
• 2026-01-28 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Assigned HACNR sub: Companion Animals referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26105721D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB707)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed House (89-Y 10-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB707ER) passage
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB707)
• 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 829 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0a3d062-3f40-4077-b4be-fcb23e1c33bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).