Virginia SB 32: Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established.

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18101119D

SENATE BILL NO. 32 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled November 20, 2017 

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 9 of 
 Chapter 65 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-6573.1, relating to the 
 establishment of an animal cruelty conviction list. 
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Patrons-- Stanley, Stuart and Ebbin; Delegate: Kory 

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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 
 9 of Chapter 65 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-6573.1 as follows: 

� 3.2-6573.1. Animal 
 Cruelty Conviction List established.

The Superintendent of 
 State Police shall establish, organize, and maintain within the Department of 
 State Police, by 2020, a 
 computerized Animal Cruelty Conviction List 
 (the List) as a database of information regarding persons 
 convicted on or after July 1, 2018, of 
 a felony violation of the prohibition against (i) 
 cruelty to animals as provided by � 3.2-6570; (ii) animal fighting as provided 
 by � 3.2-6571; (iii) maiming, killing, or poisoning an animal as provided by � 
 18.2-144; or (iv) killing or injuring a police animal as provided by � 
 18.2-144.1. Information on the List shall include the name of the offender at 
 the time of conviction as well as the offense for which the offender was 
 convicted and the date and jurisdiction of conviction. Access to the List shall 
 be made available to the public on the website of the Department of State 
 Police.

Any person 
 convicted of an offense listed in clauses 
 (i) through (iv) shall pay a fee upon conviction in 
 the amount of $50 per conviction that 
 shall be used by the State Police to pay for the maintenance of the List. The 
 State Police shall automatically purge from the List a person's 
 name and information 15 years after its listing if he 
 has no additional felony conviction of an offense listed in this section.