--- type: "Bill" title: "Pet boarding facilities." description: "Existing law regulates the care and maintenance of animals in the care of a pet store." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 945" citation: "California SB 945 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Pet boarding facilities."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Monning"] version_count: 9 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2016-02-03" last_action: "2016-09-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c337a604-f2dc-4232-8e2f-8dff446de77e" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945" source_hash: "f9708644565c9953a018e4cd415707649367c99cea37cec8bb8437935fef0083" 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 SB 945 (20152016) — Pet boarding facilities. Existing law regulates the care and maintenance of animals in the care of a pet store. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/03/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945&version=20150SB94599INT) 2. **03/07/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945&version=20150SB94598AMD) 3. **03/29/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945&version=20150SB94597AMD) 4. **04/25/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945&version=20150SB94596AMD) 5. **06/09/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945&version=20150SB94595AMD) 6. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945&version=20150SB94594AMD) 7. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945&version=20150SB94592CHP) 8. **SB945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945) 9. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB945&version=20150SB94593ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper - SB 945 Monning Senate Third Reading By WALDRON — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB945 Monning Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Monning — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5. - **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-03-11** Set for hearing April 4. - **2016-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3377.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18. - **2016-04-11** April 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2016-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-05-06** Set for hearing May 16. - **2016-05-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2016-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3928.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-06-01** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5889.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5359.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 364, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c337a604-f2dc-4232-8e2f-8dff446de77e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).