--- type: "Bill" title: "Postsecondary education: animal research." description: "Existing law establishes a state policy that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 147" citation: "California AB 147 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Postsecondary education: animal research."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"] version_count: 7 action_count: 23 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-01-15" last_action: "2015-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e330c3e5-84d6-40a0-a773-31d0771bb9cd" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147" source_hash: "95f90d9d0ba45a5f353104ee03574473c6e095da669d2c814b111304c676d461" 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 147 (20152016) — Postsecondary education: animal research. Existing law establishes a state policy that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/15/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14799INT) 2. **03/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14798AMD) 3. **05/12/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14797AMD) 4. **06/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14796AMD) 5. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14794CHP) 6. **AB147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147) 7. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - AB 147 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB147 Dababneh By Leno — **36–0** (pass) · upper - AB 147 DABABNEH Assembly Third Reading — **76–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Dababneh — primary (person) - Bloom — coauthor (person) - Bonta — coauthor (person) - Leno — coauthor (person) - Linder — coauthor (person) - Mullin — coauthor (person) - Waldron — principal coauthor (person) - Wilk — coauthor (person) - Williams — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15. - **2015-01-26** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-03-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 850.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2015-05-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2015-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-06-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2015-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2109.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2015-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2602.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2015-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 551, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e330c3e5-84d6-40a0-a773-31d0771bb9cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).