---
type: "Bill"
title: "Undomesticated burros."
description: "Existing law authorizes an officer or employee of a local animal control agency to remove an undomesticated burro, as defined, that strays onto private land at the request of the landowner. Existing law authorizes an officer or employee of a local animal control agency to remove an undomesticated burro that strays onto a public roadway, as provided, and to provide medical care or treatment to an undomesticated burro that is seriously ill or injured, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 371"
citation: "California SB 371 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Undomesticated burros"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07572a7f-01d8-4301-b1c2-454cbe81c5dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB371"
source_hash: "3c1e5c28f7ed7853145ed8f39d13a9569ce50d76ec0b31eff274ad893f5af551"
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 371 (20232024) — Undomesticated burros.

Existing law authorizes an officer or employee of a local animal control agency to remove an undomesticated burro, as defined, that strays onto private land at the request of the landowner. Existing law authorizes an officer or employee of a local animal control agency to remove an undomesticated burro that strays onto a public roadway, as provided, and to provide medical care or treatment to an undomesticated burro that is seriously ill or injured, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB371&version=20230SB37199INT)
2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB371&version=20230SB37198AMD)
3. **04/12/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB371&version=20230SB37197AMD)
4. **09/01/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB371&version=20230SB37195CHP)
5. **SB371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB371)
6. **08/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB371&version=20230SB37196ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB371 Ochoa Bogh — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 371 Ochoa Bogh Senate Third Reading By Reyes — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-03-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 657.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 742.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2739.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-17** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07572a7f-01d8-4301-b1c2-454cbe81c5dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).