HB2379
Dangerous dogs; criteria for adjudication.
Summary
As Introduced. Dangerous dogs; criteria for adjudication.
Allows a court to find an animal is a dangerous dog if the threat, injury, or damage was sustained by a person who was willfully trespassing or if at the time of the acts complained of the animal was protecting its kennel, its offspring, or its owner's property. The bill ... (More) retains the restriction on a court from finding an animal is dangerous if such animal was responding to pain or injury to itself, its owner, or another person but requires the other person to be in the animal's presence. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102555D
- 01/08/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
