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2006 Initiatives - Carry Overs from Last Year
Looking forward to January, 2006, VVAW will pursue most of the initiatives introduced during the 2005 session of the General Assembly.
We will start with the original language VVAW wanted in 2005, rather than the version which emerged after Legislative Services made changes either at the patron’s request, or because of our efforts to work collaboratively with VFDC&B and VVMA.
Those bills from 2005 to be pursued will be:
1. license fee cap change (FKA HB 1884)
2. releasing agencies change (FKA HB 2927)
NOTE: this initiative may be broken into separate bills
3. pet shops inspections and inspections by vets of pet shop dogs/cats (FKA HB 2859)
4. humane education (FKA SB 952)
5. gas chamber elimination (FKA HB 2846)
NOTE: Chambers may have been eliminated prior to the start of the 2006 session, but if not, VVAW will pursue elimination through legislation.
It is contemplated that the legislation will require VOSHA (Virginia OSHA) review the CO certification of ACOs, and certification of the gas chambers with all noncompliant chambers automatically shut down until fully compliant or transitioned to EBI.
These bills from the 2005 session will not be pursued by VVAW:
1. dealer permits (FKA HB 2338)
This bill was successfully passed in 2005.
Efforts here must be local. VVAW may ask for a resolution encouraging local jurisdictions to act.
2. abandonment (FKA SB 775)
This bill will be modified to treat as abandonment any abandoned companion animal or any stray or owner give-up not for good cause. Further, this bill will be offered as a statewide referendum in the next election cycle.