---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal shelters: holding of impounded animals."
description: "Animal shelters: holding of impounded animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1786"
citation: "California AB 1786 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal shelters: holding of impounded animals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2000-01-26"
last_action: "2000-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4660969c-16e7-42cf-9638-2b155795947b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1786"
source_hash: "53233e63dca930440f78ad08277d8f3ba22b3d6864fd631336bbe9d00ebd9bfd"
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 1786 (19992000) — Animal shelters: holding of impounded animals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/26/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1786&version=19990AB178699INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1786&version=19990AB178698AMD)
3. **04/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1786&version=19990AB178697AMD)
4. **07/03/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1786&version=19990AB178695CHP)
5. **AB1786** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1786)
6. **06/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1786&version=19990AB178696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1786 Maddox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1786 MADDOX THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 57, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2000-06-22** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-06-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5237.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5927.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-10** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2000-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2000-01-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4660969c-16e7-42cf-9638-2b155795947b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).