SB903
Dogs; sale and procurement by pet shops, pet shop regulations.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Governor's recommendation adopted
Chief Patron:
Bill Stanley (R)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Sale
and procurement of dogs by pet shops; pet shop regulations. Requires a pet shop, upon taking custody of a dog, or any representative of a pet shop upon taking custody of a dog on behalf of the pet shop, to make a record of the matter containing certain information ... (More) relating to the custody of the dog. The bill requires the pet shop to maintain such record for at least five years and make it available for public inspection upon request. The bill requires the pet shop to annually submit a summary of such records to the State Veterinarian. The bill also directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to include in its regulations governing the keeping of dogs and cats by a pet shop a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per violation for each finding in a given inspection of a pet shop upon communication to the pet shop, provided that the cumulative civil penalty does not exceed $5,000. The bill requires the civil penalty to be recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General in the name of the Commonwealth and paid into a special fund in the state treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/05/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102151D
- 01/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/14/2025 - Senate: Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB903)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105583D-S1
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB903)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/07/2025 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/10/2025 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/12/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/17/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/17/2025 - House: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
- 02/17/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/17/2025 - House: Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/17/2025 - House: Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER)
- 02/21/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB903)
- 03/05/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
- 03/05/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 1-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's recommendation adopted
