---
type: "Bill"
title: "Involuntary deposits: abandoned pets."
description: "Involuntary deposits: abandoned pets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2949"
citation: "California AB 2949 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Involuntary deposits: abandoned pets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c81f5701-4b6f-4a5b-8ba1-28950b6a93f5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949"
source_hash: "17df25e7d82cbf32a1d1e84990223b9d397c69f9d626ff32acd86779d1857e21"
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 2949 (20072008) — Involuntary deposits: abandoned pets.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949&version=20070AB294999INT)
2. **04/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949&version=20070AB294998AMD)
3. **05/06/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949&version=20070AB294997AMD)
4. **05/12/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949&version=20070AB294996AMD)
5. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949&version=20070AB294995AMD)
6. **08/04/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949&version=20070AB294993CHP)
7. **AB2949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949)
8. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949&version=20070AB294994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2949 DE SAULNIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2949 DeSaulnier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2949 DE SAULNIER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5266.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 4655.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6120.)
- **2008-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6121.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2008-08-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c81f5701-4b6f-4a5b-8ba1-28950b6a93f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).