--- type: "Bill" title: "Animal shelters: adoption application: crimes." description: "Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor violation of specified animal cruelty provisions, within 5 years after the conviction, from owning, possessing, maintaining, having custody of, residing with, or caring for any animal. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony for animal cruelty or animal fighting, as specified, within 10 years after the conviction, from owning, possessing, maintaining, having custody of, residing with, or caring for any animal." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2774" citation: "California AB 2774 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Animal shelters: adoption application: crimes."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Limón"] version_count: 8 action_count: 27 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2018-02-16" last_action: "2018-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0128c5c2-9868-4bd8-af0c-cfb737668fa0" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774" source_hash: "b9fdd9918c644dd26f2744ca689246bb015ea72cb3112f20b961aa9f5a084398" 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 2774 (20172018) — Animal shelters: adoption application: crimes. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor violation of specified animal cruelty provisions, within 5 years after the conviction, from owning, possessing, maintaining, having custody of, residing with, or caring for any animal. Existing law prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony for animal cruelty or animal fighting, as specified, within 10 years after the conviction, from owning, possessing, maintaining, having custody of, residing with, or caring for any animal. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774&version=20170AB277499INT) 2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774&version=20170AB277498AMD) 3. **04/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774&version=20170AB277497AMD) 4. **05/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774&version=20170AB277496AMD) 5. **06/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774&version=20170AB277495AMD) 6. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774&version=20170AB277493CHP) 7. **AB2774** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774) 8. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2774&version=20170AB277494ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar AB2774 — **36–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2774 LIMÓN Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2774 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Limón — primary (person) - Bloom — coauthor (person) - Low — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. - **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4828.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2018-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4878.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-06-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2018-07-02** Ordered to the Senate. - **2018-07-02** In Senate. Held at Desk. - **2018-08-27** Ordered to the Assembly. - **2018-08-27** In Assembly. - **2018-08-27** Ordered to the unfinished business file. - **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6872.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 877, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0128c5c2-9868-4bd8-af0c-cfb737668fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).