The lower house had the final say on this bill, which was approved with 266 to 23 votes and 20 abstentions.
Last week, a four-year-old child died from injuries sustained in an attack by a stray dog in a park in Bucharest, which prompted lawmakers to resume debates on a bill on stray dogs whose adoption has been postponed several times.
Some 64,000 stray dogs walk the Bucharest streets undisturbed. About 4,100 children and adults were bitten by dogs in the first four months of the year, according to the National Infectious Disease Institute in Bucharest.