VirginiaAnimal Cruelty Conviction List; established.
What it does
Animal Cruelty Conviction List established. Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish no later than January 1, 2028, and to maintain an Animal Cruelty Conviction List (List) and to make the List publicly available on the Department of State Police's website. The bill specifies that the List include the names of persons convicted of certain felony animal cruelty offenses on or after July 1, 2025.
More detail
The bill requires persons convicted of any such offense to pay a fee of $50 per conviction to fund the maintenance of the List. The bill also requires the Department to remove a person's name and information from the List 15 years after its listing if he has no additional felony conviction for any such offense.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 4Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesLatest
- Jan 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1814)
- Jan 15Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Assigned ACNR sub: AgricultureMinor
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103082DIntroduced