Virginia House Bill 62
Session 2024
Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Apr 8, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
62
State
Virginia
Session
2024
Motion Text
VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 15-N)
House Roll Call Votes
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Reaser, Atoosa R.
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Summary
Animal Cruelty Conviction List established.Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish no laterthan January 1, 2027, and to maintain the Animal Cruelty ConvictionList and to make the List available to the public on the websiteof the Department of State Police. The bill specifies that the Listinclude the names of persons convicted of certain felony animal crueltyoffenses on or after July 1, 2024. The bill requires persons convictedof any such offense to pay a fee of $50 per conviction to fund themaintenance of the List. The bill also requires the Department toremove a person's name and information from the List 15 years afterits listing if he has no additional felony conviction of any such offense.
Local animal cruelty registries. Allows any locality to establish an animal cruelty registry for public access on the website of such locality or its local police department. The bill provides that such registry may include the names and relevant information of persons convicted of certain felony offenses for animal cruelty and that a person on such registry may request removal of his name after 15 years, provided that he has no additional felony convictions of an animal cruelty offense. The bill directs that all costs relating to a locality's animal cruelty registry shall be borne by such locality. This bill is identical to SB 93.
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102944D
December 22, 2023
Committee substitute printed 24108055D-S1
February 20, 2024
HB62ER
March 25, 2024
Amendment: HB62AC
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB62F122.PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB62FS1122.PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB62FER122.PDF
04/08/2024
Office of the Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)
04/08/2024
Office of the Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 7/1/24)
04/05/2024
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB62ER)
03/27/2024
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
03/27/2024
House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
03/26/2024
House
Signed by Speaker
03/25/2024
Senate
Signed by President
03/25/2024
House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER)
03/25/2024
House
Enrolled
03/08/2024
House
VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 15-N)
03/08/2024
House
Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 15-N)
03/08/2024
Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
03/08/2024
Virginia General Assembly
Amended by conference committee
03/07/2024
Senate
Senators: Favola, Pekarsky, Stanley
03/07/2024
Senate
Conferees appointed by Senate
03/06/2024
House
Delegates: Tran, Laufer, Campbell
03/06/2024
House
Conferees appointed by House
03/06/2024
House
House acceded to request
03/05/2024
Senate
Senate requested conference committee
03/05/2024
Senate
Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
03/04/2024
House
VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 96-N)
03/04/2024
House
Senate substitute rejected by House 24108055D-S1 (2-Y 96-N)
03/01/2024
Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
03/01/2024
Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB62S1
03/01/2024
Senate
Committee substitute agreed to 24108055D-S1
03/01/2024
Senate
Reading of substitute waived
03/01/2024
Senate
Read third time
02/29/2024
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/28/2024
Senate
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
02/26/2024
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB62S1)
02/20/2024
Senate
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/20/2024
Senate
Committee substitute printed 24108055D-S1
02/20/2024
Senate
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
02/19/2024
Senate
Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
02/13/2024
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
02/13/2024
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed
02/12/2024
House
VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N)
02/12/2024
House
Read third time and passed House (74-Y 26-N)
02/09/2024
House
Passed by for the day
02/08/2024
House
Passed by for the day
02/07/2024
House
Read second time and engrossed
02/06/2024
House
Read first time
02/02/2024
House
Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N)
02/02/2024
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
01/31/2024
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/31/2024
House
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N)
01/31/2024
House
Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/24/2024
House
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
01/24/2024
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
01/19/2024
House
Impact statement from DPB (HB62)
01/15/2024
House
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
12/22/2023
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
12/22/2023
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102944D
Sources
Open States
Record Created
Dec 27, 2023 6:01:18 PM
Record Updated
May 1, 2024 12:06:55 AM