VA SB369 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 26 2024 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-08 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on January 26 2024 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-08 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Maiming, killing, or poisoning companion animals; penalty. Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, or wound, or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or expose poison with intent that it be taken by, any companion animal of another, or do any of the foregoing acts to any companion animal of his own with intent to defraud any insurer of such animal. Under current law, such offenses are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense provided certain conditions are met. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to do any of the foregoing acts with any of the aforesaid intents (i) to any companion animal unlawfully but not maliciously or (ii) to any fowl. Maiming, killing, or poisoning companion animals; penalty. Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, or wound, or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or expose poison with intent that it be taken by, any companion animal of another, or do any of the foregoing acts to any companion animal of his own with intent to defraud any insurer of such animal. Under current law, such offenses are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense provided certain conditions are met. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to do any of the foregoing acts with any of the aforesaid intents (i) to any companion animal unlawfully but not maliciously or (ii) to any fowl.
Title
Fowl or companion animals; maiming, killing, or poisoning, penalty.
Sponsors
| Sen. Adam Ebbin [D] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-04 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N) (Y: 19 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-08 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) |
| 2024-02-16 | House | Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB369S2 |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24105842D-S2 |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Committee substitute rejected 24105478D-S1 |
| 2024-01-26 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-01-25 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24105842D-S2 |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-15 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-01-15 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24105478D-S1 |
| 2024-01-15 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101066D |
