HB 2379 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Dangerous dogs; criteria for adjudication.

Summary
Dangerous dogs; criteria for adjudication. Allows a court to find an animal is a dangerous dog if the threat, injury, or damage was sustained by a person who was willfully trespassing or if at the time of the acts complained of the animal was protecting its kennel, its offspring, or its owner's property. The bill retains the restriction on a court from finding an animal is dangerous if such animal was responding to pain or injury to itself, its owner, or another person but requires the other person to be in the animal's presence.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jan 22, 2025
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 22, 2025

How they voted

220
Passed
Total votes 22
Jan 22, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
10 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 22, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (22-0)
house of delegates
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Eric Zehr
Eric Zehr
RRepublican
VA
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