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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elephants: prohibited treatment."
+description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any owner or manager of an elephant to engage in abusive behavior toward the elephant, which includes disciplining an elephant by specified methods."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "SB 1062"
+citation: "California SB 1062 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elephants: prohibited treatment."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-02-16"
+last_action: "2016-08-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/770b43f8-eead-424b-a499-3d2e2c740b07"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1062"
+source_hash: "558cab3dd7a99ec1420e14cd772915800b53746dfe426ab24145296d95d2630d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 1062 (20152016) — Elephants: prohibited treatment.
+
+Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any owner or manager of an elephant to engage in abusive behavior toward the elephant, which includes disciplining an elephant by specified methods.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1062&version=20150SB106299INT)
+2. **05/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1062&version=20150SB106298AMD)
+3. **06/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1062&version=20150SB106297AMD)
+4. **08/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1062&version=20150SB106295CHP)
+5. **SB1062** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1062)
+6. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1062&version=20150SB106296ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **16–2** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB1062 Lara Concurrence — **27–10** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media] — **12–2** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading — **29–9** (pass) · upper
+- SB 1062 Lara Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **65–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lara — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
+- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-10** Set for hearing March 29.
+- **2016-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3312.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
+- **2016-04-11** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 3576.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-13** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
+- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 2.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 7. Page 5712.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2016-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 4864.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
+- **2016-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/770b43f8-eead-424b-a499-3d2e2c740b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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