---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public animal shelters: adoptions: veterans."
description: "Existing law governs the operation of animal shelters by, among other things, setting a minimum holding period for stray dogs and cats and requiring animal shelters to ensure that dogs and cats, if adopted, are spayed or neutered."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "California SB 245 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public animal shelters: adoptions: veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chang"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/624a4dc0-91b6-4c99-b9af-92cf5842dc79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB245"
source_hash: "07843ee2da545a1ceb9a9a5778edeaba8d49032e6d2d2928dcde546a4b87202c"
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 245 (20192020) — Public animal shelters: adoptions: veterans.

Existing law governs the operation of animal shelters by, among other things, setting a minimum holding period for stray dogs and cats and requiring animal shelters to ensure that dogs and cats, if adopted, are spayed or neutered.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB245&version=20190SB24599INT)
2. **04/04/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB245&version=20190SB24598AMD)
3. **06/18/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB245&version=20190SB24597AMD)
4. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB245&version=20190SB24595CHP)
5. **SB245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB245)
6. **08/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB245&version=20190SB24596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB245 Chang et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB245 Chang et al. — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 245 Chang Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chang — primary (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2019-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 424.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 625.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2019-04-29** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 997.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2627.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2178.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 205, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/624a4dc0-91b6-4c99-b9af-92cf5842dc79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).