---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pet store operators: dogs, cats, and rabbits."
description: "Existing law requires pet store operators, as defined, to comply with laws governing, among other things, the care of animals in pet stores. Existing law makes a pet store operator who violates these provisions guilty of a misdemeanor, under certain conditions. Existing law also regulates the retail sale of dogs and cats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 485"
citation: "California AB 485 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pet store operators: dogs", "cats", "and rabbits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f2c115-4950-4415-9460-ef29dbbc6aa0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485"
source_hash: "8f57a8ec37b1e7aca8d50a501756040b23cd8d0405fcb169a7f9c4aba93c4575"
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 485 (20172018) — Pet store operators: dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Existing law requires pet store operators, as defined, to comply with laws governing, among other things, the care of animals in pet stores. Existing law makes a pet store operator who violates these provisions guilty of a misdemeanor, under certain conditions. Existing law also regulates the retail sale of dogs and cats.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48599INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48598AMD)
3. **06/19/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48597AMD)
4. **06/27/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48596AMD)
5. **07/19/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48595AMD)
6. **08/30/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48594AMD)
7. **09/07/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48593AMD)
8. **10/13/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48591CHP)
9. **AB485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485)
10. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485&version=20170AB48592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Dababneh — author (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** 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`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 11. Page 1793.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-08-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2767.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
- **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 3. Page 3365.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 740, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f2c115-4950-4415-9460-ef29dbbc6aa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).