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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1814: Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1814 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established. Primary sponsor: Ellen McLaughlin (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ellen McLaughlinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1814)
  3. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
  4. Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
  5. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103082D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source