HB 1814 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established.

Summary
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. 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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025
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Committee
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Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
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Ellen McLaughlin
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