---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency medical services: dogs and cats."
description: "Existing law authorizes a private ambulance owner to operate an emergency ambulance service upon obtaining a license from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 463"
citation: "California AB 463 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergencymedicalservices", "dogsandcats"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Rodriguez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d76a414-4193-4342-b2c6-239c908331aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463"
source_hash: "d3750e6a02c3256e586016a42d8670c2dd22569514d0a7e5db7303b3c7516f06"
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 463 (20252026) — Emergency medical services: dogs and cats.

Existing law authorizes a private ambulance owner to operate an emergency ambulance service upon obtaining a license from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463&version=20250AB46399INT)
2. **03/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463&version=20250AB46398AMD)
3. **04/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463&version=20250AB46397AMD)
4. **04/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463&version=20250AB46396AMD)
5. **06/13/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463&version=20250AB46395AMD)
6. **08/28/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463&version=20250AB46393CHP)
7. **AB463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463)
8. **08/20/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB463&version=20250AB46394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 463 Michelle Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 463 Michelle Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB463 Michelle Rodriguez — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2652.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d76a414-4193-4342-b2c6-239c908331aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).