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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Endangered wildlife."
+description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to import into the state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or a part or product thereof, of a polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf, zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise, Spanish lynx, or elephant. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2020, makes it a misdemeanor to import into the state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or a part or product thereof, of a crocodile or alligator. Existing law makes a violation of this prohibition punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000, not to exceed $5,000, or imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed 6 months, or by both that fine and imprisonment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20192020"
+identifier: "AB 1260"
+citation: "California AB 1260 (20192020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Endangered wildlife."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-02-21"
+last_action: "2019-10-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b2508d-97e2-43c1-a7e5-9715a34e051a"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1260"
+source_hash: "75be7bcc2ca6382427cdccc6505a93557bc11867909cc8ca791db22f76be8cb2"
+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 AB 1260 (20192020) — Endangered wildlife.
+
+Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to import into the state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or a part or product thereof, of a polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf, zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise, Spanish lynx, or elephant. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2020, makes it a misdemeanor to import into the state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state, the dead body, or a part or product thereof, of a crocodile or alligator. Existing law makes a violation of this prohibition punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000, not to exceed $5,000, or imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed 6 months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1260&version=20190AB126099INT)
+2. **04/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1260&version=20190AB126098AMD)
+3. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1260&version=20190AB126096CHP)
+4. **AB1260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1260)
+5. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1260&version=20190AB126097ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 1260 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **63–12** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB1260 Maienschein By Stern — **31–8** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **14–4** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maienschein — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 12. Page 1883.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-07-08** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2516.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-09-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2019-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2b2508d-97e2-43c1-a7e5-9715a34e051a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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