Status:
01/06/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 053487788
01/06/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/03/05 Senate: Rereferred from Trans. (15-Y 0-N)
02/03/05 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
02/09/05 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice

Summary as introduced:
Abandoning companion animal within highway right-of-way; penalty.  Provides a penalty of up to 12 months in jail and a fine of not less than $250 or more than $2,500, either or both, for persons who abandon, dispose of, or dump a companion animal within a highway right-of-way.

Full text as introduced:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?051+ful+SB775

VVAW original initiative:

The original language of the initiative came from the office of Senator Potts.