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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 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, 2026. 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 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. Finally, the bill directs the Department to develop forms to implement and enforce the provisions of the bill, including the operation and maintenance of the List and the removal of the records of persons who are deceased, whose convictions have been reversed, or who have been pardoned.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Feb 18, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Left in Committee Courts of Justice
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB673)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 3-N)
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102322D
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Left in Committee Courts of Justice
Ellen H. McLaughlin