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type: "Bill"
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title: "Keeper of livery stable; liens, requirements."
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description: "Keeper of livery stable; liens; requirements. Creates a process by which any person that boards, pastures, or otherwise keeps any horse, cattle, or other animal pursuant to an agreement with the owner of such horse, cattle, or other animal may impose a possessory lien for the reasonable charges due for such animal's care, feeding, and maintenance, which includes a provision for the lienholder to retain possession of the animal for 30 days until certain conditions are met and a procedure for the owner of the animal to dispute such lien. The bill also provides that if no such action has occurred upon the expiration of the 30 days, the lienholder may proceed with enforcing the lien as provided by current law."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1217"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1217 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Delores Oates"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ce7d54-bd83-48fc-a355-06b8d9a4d335"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1217"
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source_hash: "ca6b94c6a91b51dd65f2c6a0691f7d9de9a2799f8b5b3ead504315bd81f37beb"
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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 1217 (2026) — Keeper of livery stable; liens, requirements.
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Keeper of livery stable; liens; requirements. Creates a process by which any person that boards, pastures, or otherwise keeps any horse, cattle, or other animal pursuant to an agreement with the owner of such horse, cattle, or other animal may impose a possessory lien for the reasonable charges due for such animal's care, feeding, and maintenance, which includes a provision for the lienholder to retain possession of the animal for 30 days until certain conditions are met and a procedure for the owner of the animal to dispute such lien. The bill also provides that if no such action has occurred upon the expiration of the 30 days, the lienholder may proceed with enforcing the lien as provided by current law.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088427.PDF)
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2. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199540.HTML)
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3. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203227.HTML)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212416.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **86–10** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **95–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Delores Oates — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100053D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 10-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-03-05** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 4-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1217ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 753 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/51ce7d54-bd83-48fc-a355-06b8d9a4d335`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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