---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deposits for keeping: abandoned animals."
description: "Existing law requires a veterinarian, dog kennel, cat kennel, pet-grooming parlor, animal hospital, or any other animal care facility, as provided, to humanely destroy an abandoned animal, if unable to place the animal with a new owner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1810"
citation: "California AB 1810 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deposits for keeping: abandoned animals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/969b8e29-d8c2-423a-b84a-aafd73e19b26"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1810"
source_hash: "889db7b481c8506793b173f4fd1cc48327179875e8d1ad58310188cb1686795f"
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 1810 (20132014) — Deposits for keeping: abandoned animals.

Existing law requires a veterinarian, dog kennel, cat kennel, pet-grooming parlor, animal hospital, or any other animal care facility, as provided, to humanely destroy an abandoned animal, if unable to place the animal with a new owner.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1810&version=20130AB181099INT)
2. **05/05/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1810&version=20130AB181098AMD)
3. **06/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1810&version=20130AB181097AMD)
4. **07/07/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1810&version=20130AB181095CHP)
5. **AB1810** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1810)
6. **06/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1810&version=20130AB181096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1810 MAIENSCHEIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1810 MAIENSCHEIN Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4238.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-03-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3929.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-06-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5609.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2014-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 86, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/969b8e29-d8c2-423a-b84a-aafd73e19b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).