Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
It became law on Apr 8, 2024.
- Stage
- Became law
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- House
- Latest action
- Apr 8, 2024
What it does
Animal Cruelty Conviction List established.Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish no laterthan January 1, 2027, and to maintain the Animal Cruelty ConvictionList and to make the List available to the public on the websiteof the Department of State Police. The bill specifies that the Listinclude the names of persons convicted of certain felony animal crueltyoffenses on or after July 1, 2024. The bill requires persons convictedof any such offense to pay a fee of $50 per conviction to fund themaintenance of the List. The bill also requires the Department toremove a person's name and information from the List 15 years afterits listing if he has no additional felony conviction…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Where it goes next
It is law in Virginia. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.