---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dog breeders."
description: "Dog breeders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 161"
citation: "California AB 161 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dog breeders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-01-31"
last_action: "2001-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dd7a52a-4f07-44d1-8336-4971615d481d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB161"
source_hash: "06c1464a572714b3ab8118f232dc5d77b64566dfdcc425906cf82d37eaf5cac3"
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 161 (20012002) — Dog breeders.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB161&version=20010AB16199INT)
2. **03/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB161&version=20010AB16198AMD)
3. **07/17/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB161&version=20010AB16197AMD)
4. **09/27/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB161&version=20010AB16195CHP)
5. **AB161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB161)
6. **08/30/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB161&version=20010AB16196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AB 161 Maddox Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 161 Maddox Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB161 Maddox By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 7. Page 3288.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 2433.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 17. Page 925.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2001-02-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2001-01-31** 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/6dd7a52a-4f07-44d1-8336-4971615d481d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).