---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health: retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits."
description: "Existing law requires a pet store operator, as defined, to comply with laws governing, among other things, the care and sale of, animals in a pet store. Existing law prohibits, commencing January 1, 2019, a pet store operator from selling a live dog, cat, or rabbit in a pet store unless the animal was obtained from a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group, as specified. Existing law imposes, effective January 1, 2019, a civil penalty on a pet store operator who violates these prohibitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2445"
citation: "California AB 2445 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public health: retail sale of dogs", "cats", "and rabbits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa684145-5b11-4ba9-906f-d30d1bd7ab90"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2445"
source_hash: "372b8201c7b48e2437758142256c36fc9cc7908c7a1cc03fb576d55f366e70b8"
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 2445 (20172018) — Public health: retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Existing law requires a pet store operator, as defined, to comply with laws governing, among other things, the care and sale of, animals in a pet store. Existing law prohibits, commencing January 1, 2019, a pet store operator from selling a live dog, cat, or rabbit in a pet store unless the animal was obtained from a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group, as specified. Existing law imposes, effective January 1, 2019, a civil penalty on a pet store operator who violates these prohibitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2445&version=20170AB244599INT)
2. **04/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2445&version=20170AB244598AMD)
3. **05/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2445&version=20170AB244597AMD)
4. **07/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2445&version=20170AB244595CHP)
5. **AB2445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2445)
6. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2445&version=20170AB244596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2445 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2445 O'Donnell By Galgiani — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5127.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5045.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 145, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa684145-5b11-4ba9-906f-d30d1bd7ab90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).