republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1309.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Emerg. Medical Services Advisory Bd.; guidelines for provision of emerg. trtmt. of police dogs."
description: "State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board; guidelines for the provision of emergency treatment of fire, police, and search and rescue dogs. Requires the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine, to develop guidelines and guidance for the provision of emergency treatment of fire, police, and search and rescue dogs injured in the line of duty and the transportation of such dogs by an emergency medical services vehicle to a veterinary care facility equipped to provide emergency treatment to such dog."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1309"
citation: "Virginia HB 1309 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellen H. Campbell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78b016d3-4a22-466b-aa5a-4f824f46c221"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1309"
source_hash: "f42bf3bc1b6099312dd63407f72c1c58236c8a5f4da9940449a82a5f41b9e5c8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1309 (2024) — St. Emerg. Medical Services Advisory Bd.; guidelines for provision of emerg. trtmt. of police dogs.

State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board; guidelines for the provision of emergency treatment of fire, police, and search and rescue dogs. Requires the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine, to develop guidelines and guidance for the provision of emergency treatment of fire, police, and search and rescue dogs injured in the line of duty and the transportation of such dogs by an emergency medical services vehicle to a veterinary care facility equipped to provide emergency treatment to such dog.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0550** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0550)
2. **HB1309ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1309ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104689D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1309)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24104689D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1309E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellen H. Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 24104689D `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1309)
- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House as amended HB1309E
- **2024-02-07** Printed as engrossed 24104689D-E
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1309E)
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1309ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1309ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 550 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78b016d3-4a22-466b-aa5a-4f824f46c221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).