2001 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 91

File Code: Public Health
Sponsored By:
Delegate Owings (By Request)
Entitled:
Disease Prevention - Rabies - Domestic Skunks

Synopsis:

Excluding domestic skunks from the animals that the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene may find to be dangerous to human health and safety; requiring domestic skunks to be vaccinated against rabies; requiring a person that owns or keeps a domestic skunk to submit proof of vaccination with an application for county registration or licensing; requiring a licensed veterinarian who vaccinates a domestic skunk to provide the owner with a specified vaccination certificate; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
07/5
Pre-filed
1/10
First Reading Environmental Matters
1/16
Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2/6
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; TURTLES
DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES
HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
IMMUNIZATION
LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
RABIES
REGISTRATION -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
VETERINARIANS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 18-219 , 18-318 , 18-319 , 18-320 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered