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Home Alerts Get Involved Become a Member Get on our Email List Get Active! About Us Animal Welfare Issues Gas Chambers - Alert! Animal Licensing Pet Overpopulation Study Virginia Statistics 2005-2006 Plan (pdf file) 2006 Initiatives Meetings Meeting Minutes 2005 Meeting Schedule Photos Contact Us Archives WebMail		You are here: Home>>>2005 Initiatives>>>HB 2338 1. HB 2338 Companion animals; requirement of permit to sell, penalty. (AKA: dealer permits bill) Sponsor: Clifford L. Athey, Jr. (D) Status: 01/11/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056816220 01/11/05 House: Referred to Committee on Agr., Chesapeake & Natural Res. 02/02/05 House: Reported from A., C. & N. R. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N) 02/02/05 House: Committee substitute printed 052108220-H1 02/03/05 House: Read first time 02/04/05 House: Read second time 02/04/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 052108220-H1 02/04/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2338H1 02/05/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) 02/05/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) 02/05/05 House: Communicated to Senate 02/07/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/07/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation & Nat. 02/21/05 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (15-Y 0-N) 02/22/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/22/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N) 02/22/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/22/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N) 02/22/05 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 02/22/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N) 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2338ER) 03/09/05 House: Enrolled 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President 03/20/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 307 (effective 7/1/05) 03/28/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307) This bill was originally referred to the House committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources. The bill passed when localities agreed to a language change keeping it permissive, and a language change providing either civil or criminal penalties. Summary as introduced: Permits to sell companion animals; civil penalty. Provides that localities must require any dealer or person operating a pet shop to obtain a permit, and imposes a civil penalty of $500 for any violation. Currently, localities may require such permits and the optional penalty is up to a Class 3 misdemeanor. "Dealer" means any person who, in the regular course of business, for compensation or profit, buys, sells, transfers, exchanges, or barters companion animals. Full text as introduced: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?051+ful+HB2338 VVAW Original Initiative: Though no longer operational, the text of the original VVAW dealer permit initiative is here: Dealer Permits (original initiative language)
	Updated: December 5, 2005