Virginia House Bill 38 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Civil immunity; forcible entry of motor vehicle to remove unattended companion animal. Provides civil immunity to any person who forcibly enters a motor vehicle to remove an unattended companion animal that is at risk of serious bodily injury or death, provided that the person has attempted to contact a law-enforcement officer, animal control officer, or other emergency services personnel prior to such entry if feasible under the circumstances. The bill also provides immunity for acts or omissions that result in the loss of the animal by death or escape or any injury caused by the animal where such loss or injury would not have occurred but for the animal's unattended occupancy of the vehicle.

Civil immunity; forcible entry of motor vehicle to remove unattended companion animal.

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2015-11-23	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-11-23	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100196D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6504.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB38
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB38+hil