Animal shelters; confinement and disposition of animals.
Summary
Animal shelters; confinement and dispositionof animals. Increases from five to 10 the number of days an animalconfined by a public or private animal shelter or releasing agencyshall be kept prior to disposal of the animal unless sooner claimedby the rightful owner. The bill also increases from five to 10 thenumber of additional days such animal shall be held if the owneror custodian of the shelter determines that the animal has a collar,tag, license, tattoo, or other form of identification.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Last action Feb 5, 2020
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101926D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Israel O'Quinn
RRepublican
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