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| SENATE | DEM: 32 REP: 8 | Standing Rules of the Senate for the 2023-24 Regular Session | SR-3 | §§§§§§§§§ |
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| CA SB 89 introduced 1/17/2023 | SEN Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R- 23) Yucaipa Co-authors (all R) Senators Seyarto and Wilk, Assembly Members Chen and Essayli | As introduced, SB 89 would amend Section 646.9, the crime of stalking, adding provisions to the definition of stalking, “Places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any of the following” including “The pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse of that person.” SEN Committee on Public Safety Policy Analysis, April 7, 2023 As amended in Senate, April 13, 2023, SEN Committee on Appropriations Fiscal Analysis, April 21, 2023 | SEN Com on Public Safety Hrg 4/11 pass 5-0 SEN Approps 4/24 Fiscal Com | |
| ASSEMBLY | DEM: 62 REP: 18 | STANDING RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY 2023–24 REGULAR SESSION | HR-2 | §§§§§§§ |
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| CA AB 240 introduced 1/13/2023 | ASM Ash Kalra (D25) San Jose | As introduced, AB 240 would establish the California Spay-Neuter Fund funded by collection of a surcharge on retail sellers of dog and cat food and administered as provided. As amended, February 28, 2023 changed the funding source to charges collected from pet food manufacturers licensed under the Pure Pet Food Act of 1969 to be administered as provided. | ASM ASM Com on Agriculture 3/15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee; Hrg 3/29 postponed by Com. Fiscal Com 2/3 vote req. | |
| CA AB 332 Introduced 1/30/2023 | ASM Alex Lee (D-24) Milpitas Co-Author Marie Waldron (R-75) Escondido | As introduced, AB 332 would amend Health & Safety Code §121690(e) to codify the historic requirement to “collect rabies control program data from each city, city and county, or county annually, or quarterly if deemed necessary by the department” including the required data previously published by the DPH as an Annual Report of Local Rabies Control Activities. ASM Committee on Business & Professions Policy Analysis, April 7, 2023 Amended in Assembly, April 12, 2023 to narrow scope at author’s request. ASM Committee on Appropriations fiscal analysis, May 1, 2023 NOTE: The Animal Council’s original archival website contains these invaluable reports: 1980, 1990-2017. CA AB 322 Integrated Text Document 5 Feb 2023 | ASM Com on Bus & Profs Hrg 4/11 passed 18-0, recommend consent: ASM Approps 5/3 Fiscal Com | |
| CA AB 357 introduced 2/1/2023 | ASM Brian Maienschein (D-77) San Diego Sponsor: HSUS | As introduced, AB 357 would amend Civil Code §1834.9 to prohibit manufacturers and contract testing facilities from using traditional animal test methods within this state for which an appropriate alternative test method or strategy exists, or a waiver has been granted by the agency responsible for regulating the specific product or activity for which the test is being conducted. Assembly Committee on Business & Professions Policy Analysis, March 14, 2023 As amended in Assembly, March 7, 2023 to As amended in Assembly, March 15, 2023 to | ASM Com on Judiciary Hrg3/14 pass 8-3 ASM Approps 4/26 hearing postponed by Com | |
| CA AB 554 introduced 2/8/2023 | ASM Jessie Gabriel (D-46) San Fernando Valley | As introduced, AB 554 would amend Corporations Code §10404 to re-letter the existing section as subsection (a) and add a new subsection (b) to read: (b) Any such corporation, or humane officer thereof, proffering a complaint under subdivision (a), may bring it as a civil action for specific or preventive relief, including to enjoin possession, to enforce any law relating to or affecting animals that would be a basis for a complaint under subdivision (a). Senate Judiciary Committee Policy Analysis, March 10, 2023 Amended in Assembly, March 15, 2023 to substitute “injunctive” for preventive relief in both Sections 1 and Section 2, sub-sections (b.) CA AB 554 Integrated Text Document, 5 March 2023 | ASM Com on Judiciary Hrg 3/14 pass 11-0 ASM Com on Banking & Fin Non-fiscal | |
| CA AB 595 introduced 2/9/2023 | ASM Bill Essayli (R-63) Riverside County | As introduced, AB 595 would add to the Food & Agricultural Code a new §32004 to read: (a) All animal shelters shall provide public notice on their internet website at least 72 hours before euthanizing an adoptable dog or cat and shall include information that includes, but is not limited to, the date that an adoptable dog or cat is scheduled to be euthanized. (b) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Adoptable dog or cat” means a dog or cat eight weeks of age or older that, at or subsequent to the time the animal is impounded or otherwise taken into possession, has manifested no sign of a behavioral or temperamental defect that could pose a health or safety risk, and has manifested no sign of disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the health of the animal or that is likely to adversely affect the animal’s health in the future. (2) “Animal shelter” means a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group. (3) “Rescue group” means a for-profit or not-for-profit entity or a collaboration of individuals that removes dogs or cats, or both, from a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, or humane shelter, or rehomes a dog or cat, or both, that has been previously owned by any person other than the original breeder. and also add a new §32005: (a) The department shall conduct a study on all of the following topics: (1) The overcrowding of California’s animal shelters. (2) The ways in which the state might address animal shelter overcrowding. (3) The feasibility of a statewide database of adoptable dogs or cats that provides public notice and information at the statewide level in a manner consistent with Section 32004, including, but not limited to, by pursuing a public-private partnership. (b) On or before January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report on its study findings pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (c) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Adoptable dog or cat” means a dog or cat eight weeks of age or older that, at or subsequent to the time the animal is impounded or otherwise taken into possession, has manifested no sign of a behavioral or temperamental defect that could pose a health or safety risk, and has manifested no sign of disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the health of the animal or that is likely to adversely affect the animal’s health in the future. (2) “Animal shelter” means a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group. (3) “Rescue group” means a for-profit or not-for-profit entity or a collaboration of individuals that removes dogs or cats, or both, from a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, or humane shelter, or rehomes a dog or cat, or both, that has been previously owned by any person other than the original breeder. (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed. | ASM Com on Bus & Profs Hrg 4/11 Fiscal Com | |
| CA AB 703 Introduced 2/13/2023 | ASM Hart | As introduced, AB 703 would As amended in Assembly, March 2, 2023 would add to the Insurance Code a §679.76 to prohibit an insurer from refusing to issue, canceling, refusing to renew, or increasing the premium for a policy of residential property insurance on the sole basis that the applicant or insured owns or harbors a dog that is a specific breed or mixture of breeds, except if the dog is known to be or has been declared potentially dangerous or vicious. The bill would authorize an insurer to ask an applicant or insured if a dog that they own or harbor is known to be or has been declared potentially dangerous or vicious. | (SPOT BILL) ASM Com on Insurance HRG 4 /12 Fiscal Com | |
| CA AB 742 Introduced 2/13/2023 | ASM Dr. Corey Jackson (D-60) Riverside County ASM Ash Kalra (D-25) San Jose | As introduced, AB 742 would As amended in Assembly, AB 742 would ASM Com on Public Safety Policy Analysis, March 20, 2023 ASM Committee on Appropriations fiscal analysis, March 24, 2023 Press Release/Youtube: Assemblymember Dr. Corey A. Jackson Introduces Groundbreaking Assembly Bill to End the Use of Police Canines for Arrest and Crowd Control From TAC’s Facebook posts, December 2021, One Bay Area city, 73 police dog bites, and the law that made them public: How the city of Richmond could be a test case in California’s quest for police accountability | ASM Com on Public Safety Hrg 3/21 passed 6-2 partisan ASM Approps 4/26 SUSPENSE FILE | |
| CA AB 781 Introduced 2/13/2023 | ASM Brian Maienschein (D-77) San Diego | As introduced, AB 781 would add to the Government Code a new §8593.10 that would require a county, on or before July 1, 2024, to update its emergency plan to designate emergency shelters able to accommodate persons with pets as specified and required in addition to a list of legislative findings: SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Natural disasters and extreme weather events, including wildfire, flooding, earthquakes, extreme heat, and extreme cold, present severe risks to public health and safety in California. (b) Pets are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather conditions, including increased risk of heatstroke-related illness and death. (c) A majority of Americans consider their pets to be family members. Research has found the most significant risk factor for evacuation failure is pet ownership. Research indicates that pet owners may refuse evacuation, attempt to illegally reenter evacuation sites to rescue their animals, and face grief, depression, and PTSD because of separation from their pet during an emergency (Heath and Linnabary, Challenges of Managing Animals in Disasters in the U.S., Mar. 26, 2015, 5 Animals 173). (d) Zoonotic disease risks increase when pets are abandoned or left to roam. (e) Gaps in public preparedness and cosheltering opportunities during a disaster or extreme weather event increase risks to public health and safety. (f) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this legislation to provide guidance in increasing public preparedness and establishing cosheltering standards so that Californians know that when a disaster or extreme weather event occurs, they will not have to choose between seeking safety and staying with their pets. | ASM Com on Emergency Management Hrg 3/27 Fiscal com | |
| CA AB 814 introduced 2/13/2023 | ASM Josh Lowenthal (D-69) Long Beach | As introduced, AB 814 would state, “It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to authorize a veterinarian to refer an animal to a licensed physical therapist holding an advanced certification in animal physical rehabilitation to provide animal physical rehabilitation under the supervision of the veterinarian.” NOTE: this is an ongoing veterinary practice legislative issue. | Non-fiscal | |
| CA AB 829 Introduced 2/13/2023 | Marie Waldron (R-75) Escondido | As introduced, AB 829 would amend non-substantively Penal Code §11006. As amended March 16, 2023, AB 829 would | SPOT BILL ASM Com on Public Safety Fiscal Com | |
| CA AB Introduced 2/16/2023 | ASM Wendy Carrillo (D-41) Los Angeles | As introduced, AB 1215 would set forth legislative intent regarding housing pet owners’ homelessness issue and add to Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code a new Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 50535) Pets Assistance With Support Grant Program As amended in Assembly, March 30, removed details specific provisions for implementation, administration and funding. ASM Com on Housing and Community Development policy analysis, March 26, 2023 | ASM Com on Housing and Community Development Hrg 3/29 pass 8-0 ASM Approps Hrg 4/19 Fiscal Com Maj Vt | |
| CA AB 1399 Introduced 2/17/2023 | ASM Laura Friedman (D-43) Glendale Add original author ASM Lowenthal; co-authors ASM Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan, Bryan, and Reyes Sponsors: ASPCA, SDHS | As introduced, AB 1399 was a spot bill referencing alcoholic beverages provisions of the Business & Professions Code. As amended in Assembly, March 16, 2023 AB 1399 would amend the Business & Professions Code Sections 4067, 4825.1, 4829.5, 4857, and 4875.1 and add new §4826.6 and amend Food & Ag Code §14401 would expand the authority of a licensed veterinarian to establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship and practice veterinary medicine through the use of telehealth. See analysis for details. ASM Com on Business & Professions Policy Analysis, April 14, 2023 | SPOT BILL ASM Com on B&P Hrg 4/18 Fiscal Com Maj Vt |
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