Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 2379: Dangerous dogs; criteria for adjudication.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 2379 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Dangerous dogs; criteria for adjudication. Primary sponsor: Eric Zehr (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 22, 2025): Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Zehr | Primary sponsor | Republican | House | 51 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102555D