Virginia House Bill 221 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Free-Roaming Cat Management Plan; regulations. Directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to promulgate regulations establishing minimum requirements for a Free-Roaming Cat Management Plan and establish a model plan for localities to reduce and control the population of free-roaming cats and the abandonment of cats for the purpose of reducing the negative impacts of free-roaming cats on public health, wildlife, and the cat population. The bill permits a locality to adopt such plan created by the Board and include in such plan any ordinances related to cats that are currently in effect. The bill directs the Board, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to promulgate such regulations no later than July 31, 2025.

Free-Roaming Cat Management Plan; regulations.

Del. Robert Orrock [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2024-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2024-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100334D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6545.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB221
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB221+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB221F122+PDF