Virginia Senate Bill 1280 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 5 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-18 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Fox and coyote enclosures; penalty. Makes it unlawful for any person to (i) stage or participate in any competition where a fox or coyote is pursued by dogs in an enclosure or (ii) award or accept any prize, money, or compensation resulting from participating in such competition. The bill limits the number of dogs allowed in an enclosure to no more than five per acre. Any person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of Class 3 misdemeanor for a first offense, a Class 2 misdemeanor for a second offense, and a Class 1 misdemeanor for a third or subsequent offense.

Fox and coyote; unlawful to stage competition where they are pursued by dogs in an enclosure, etc.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

Sen. John Miller [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-18	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2013-02-12	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2013-02-11	House	Assigned ACNRsub: Natural Resources
2013-02-11	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2013-02-11	House	Read first time
2013-02-11	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1280S1
2013-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 13104834D-S1
2013-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2013-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2013-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute printed 13104834D-S1
2013-01-31	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 7-N)
2013-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2013-01-14	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 13104007D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29	1	525.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1280
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1280+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1280S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S01V0042+SB1280
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0328SB1280+SB1280
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0354SB1280+SB1280
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0363SB1280+SB1280