CHAPTER NUMBER: 193
File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Frush and
Clagett
- Entitled:
-
Veterinarians - Animal Cruelty - Reporting
Requiring the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to adopt
regulations encouraging a veterinary practitioner to report suspected
instances of animal cruelty, including animal fighting, to specified
local or county agencies; and establishing civil immunity for a
veterinary practitioner who reports suspected animal cruelty.
House Action
- 08/28
- Pre-filed
- 1/9
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 1/23
- Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 2/12
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order 2/13 (Delegate Brinkley) Adopted
- 2/13
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Brinkley) Rejected
- Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Withdrawn
- Special Order 2/14 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
- 2/14
- Recommit to Committee Environmental Matters (Delegate Owings)
- 2/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 2/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/21
- Third Reading Passed (128-3)
- 4/1
- Returned Passed
- 4/25
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 193
Senate Action
- 2/25
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/6
- Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/31
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; TURTLES
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES
- REPORTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- VETERINARIANS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Agriculture
- (
2-304 ,
2-310
)
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
5-424
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 380215/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 12, 2002 at:
10:24 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 450319/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 19, 2002 at:
10:45 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 703622/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 13, 2002 at:
10:39 a.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 763121/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 13, 2002 at:
10:34 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 21, 2002: Third Reading Passed (128-3)
- Senate
- April 1, 2002: Third Reading Passed (47-0)