---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fur products: prohibition."
description: "Existing federal law requires that fur products be labeled with the names of any animals used, the manufacturer, the country of origin, and other specified information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 44"
citation: "California AB 44 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fur products: prohibition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85620c52-f4f3-4158-abcd-85c7d8a5bced"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44"
source_hash: "ef1aa7734870fece0fc63181a50e951bcb25742d15a5b695e7fd640a30b698a2"
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 44 (20192020) — Fur products: prohibition.

Existing federal law requires that fur products be labeled with the names of any animals used, the manufacturer, the country of origin, and other specified information.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4499INT)
2. **02/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4498AMD)
3. **03/13/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4497AMD)
4. **04/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4496AMD)
5. **05/23/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4495AMD)
6. **06/14/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4494AMD)
7. **06/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4493AMD)
8. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4492AMD)
9. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4491AMD)
10. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4489CHP)
11. **AB44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44)
12. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44&version=20190AB4490ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 44 Friedman Assembly Third Reading Amend By FRIEDMAN Set #1 — **56–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 44 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 44 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — **52–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB44 Friedman By Jackson — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **10–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Friedman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (March 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (March 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 1856.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 16. Page 2018.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 2743.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 3392.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85620c52-f4f3-4158-abcd-85c7d8a5bced`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).