---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal cruelty: exotic or native wild cat species: declawing."
description: "Animal cruelty: exotic or native wild cat species: declawing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1857"
citation: "California AB 1857 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal cruelty: exotic or native wild cat species: declawing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koretz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-02"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f14c07eb-0be3-45b0-8705-31c5109f08d4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1857"
source_hash: "1e427e1d1f7458a33dbe333d450ac22f1e09505a243cb982ccc9a25da18b7d52"
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 1857 (20032004) — Animal cruelty: exotic or native wild cat species: declawing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1857&version=20030AB185799INT)
2. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1857&version=20030AB185797CHP)
3. **AB1857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1857)
4. **09/03/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1857&version=20030AB185798ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1857 koretz assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1857 koretz by kuehl — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1857 koretz by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Koretz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 876, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 5270.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 17. Noes 15.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Kuehl. Reconsideration granted. `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 5714.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2004-02-02** 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/f14c07eb-0be3-45b0-8705-31c5109f08d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).