---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cattle protection: brands: inspection: fees."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes a system for the recordation of cattle brands and establishes various fees in connection with the recordation and the use of a brand, as specified. Existing law also establishes various inspection fees per cattle, as specified. Existing law requires these fees to be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, a continuously appropriated fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 732"
citation: "California AB 732 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Cattle protection: brands: inspection: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/572443a3-0713-4fd6-83b0-099493437de5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732"
source_hash: "dc0d9b3410fcb8c31a46235788fdd7092ee76229e54bebff239a6e29c3f0d809"
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 732 (20152016) — Cattle protection: brands: inspection: fees.

(1) Existing law establishes a system for the recordation of cattle brands and establishes various fees in connection with the recordation and the use of a brand, as specified. Existing law also establishes various inspection fees per cattle, as specified. Existing law requires these fees to be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732&version=20150AB73299INT)
2. **04/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732&version=20150AB73298AMD)
3. **06/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732&version=20150AB73297AMD)
4. **06/24/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732&version=20150AB73296AMD)
5. **07/08/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732&version=20150AB73295AMD)
6. **08/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732&version=20150AB73294AMD)
7. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732&version=20150AB73292CHP)
8. **AB732** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732)
9. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB732&version=20150AB73293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 732 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 732 COOPER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB732 Cooper By Galgiani — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1348.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 30). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2367.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2831.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 406, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/572443a3-0713-4fd6-83b0-099493437de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).