Virginia Senate Bill 742 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 2 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Rental or lease of dog or cat prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits the rental or lease of a dog or cat to a consumer, including by a purported sale of the animal in a manner that vests less than full equity in the consumer at the time of the purported sale. The bill prohibits the sale of a dog or cat in which the animal is subject to repossession upon default of the agreement and prohibits any financial institution from offering a loan for which the animal is subject to repossession upon default of the loan. The bill provides that a violation of the provisions of the bill is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act and a business that violates the provisions of the bill may also have its retail license suspended or revoked. The bill exempts certain animals from its prohibitions, including purebred dogs leased for breeding; dogs or cats used in spectator events, motion pictures, racing, or other entertainment; and service dogs, guide or leader dogs, security dogs, law-enforcement dogs, military working dogs, and certified facility dogs. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Dogs or cats; rental or lease prohibited, civil penalty, exception.

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

2020-03-03 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N) (Y: 53 N: 45 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-02		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0630)
2020-04-02		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 630 (effective 1/1/21)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB742ER)
2020-03-06	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-03	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2020-03-02	House	VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)
2020-03-02	House	Passed House with amendments (53-Y 45-N)
2020-03-02	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2020-03-02	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-03-02	House	Read third time
2020-02-28	House	Read second time
2020-02-26	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-13	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-03	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
2020-01-31	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20103159D-E
2020-01-31	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB742E
2020-01-31	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-31	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-01-31	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (10-Y 4-N)
2020-01-15	Senate	Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103159D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6513.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB742
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB742+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB742E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB742ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0630+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0029+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0244SB0742+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0274SB0742+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0251+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1704+SB0742
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1417SB0742+SB0742