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type: "Bill"
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title: "Animal fighting; one or more tethered cocks."
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description: "Provides that an animal control officer shall confiscate a tethered cock if such cock has been, is, or is intended to be used in animal fighting."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1626"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1626 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-10-23"
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last_action: "2019-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec2b304a-e8ad-4f9c-a955-ebd7cff31b84"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1626"
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source_hash: "80f21699d692fd11d27f3c9dbb9af7ee8bc8733ea82aab363406b970eaa37f48"
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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 HB 1626 (2019) — Animal fighting; one or more tethered cocks.
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Provides that an animal control officer shall confiscate a tethered cock if such cock has been, is, or is intended to be used in animal fighting.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0345)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1626AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1626)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1626ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1626ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100448D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1626)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19100448D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1626E)
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7. **House: Printed as reengrossed 19100448D-E2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1626E2)
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8. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107056D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1626S1)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107056D-S1 — **80–18** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House — **78–16** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-10-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100448D `introduction`
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- **2018-10-23** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-09** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-21** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-22** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-01-22** Amendments by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-01-22** Engrossed by House as amended HB1626E
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- **2019-01-22** Printed as engrossed 19100448D-E
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- **2019-01-23** Engrossment reconsidered by House
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- **2019-01-23** Committee amendment reconsidered
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- **2019-01-23** Committee amendment rejected
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- **2019-01-23** Amendments by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-01-23** Reengrossed by House as amended HB1626E2
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- **2019-01-23** Printed as reengrossed 19100448D-E2
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- **2019-01-24** Read third time and passed House (78-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-25** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Rereferred to Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2019-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 19107056D-S1
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- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1626S1
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- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107056D-S1 (80-Y 18-N 1-A)
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- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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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/ec2b304a-e8ad-4f9c-a955-ebd7cff31b84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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