---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal fighting."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person, for amusement or gain, from causing, permitting on his or her premises, or aiding and abetting in the fighting of specified animals, including bears and dogs. A violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed $5,000, or by both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1145"
citation: "California SB 1145 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal fighting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-21"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/357fc1ef-3c41-4863-9763-e8d32ef7dbfa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1145"
source_hash: "8580a5723e9558b72a659e417e2bba0e1fb68cb486595e3f0b89be903ad4736a"
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 1145 (20112012) — Animal fighting.

Existing law prohibits a person, for amusement or gain, from causing, permitting on his or her premises, or aiding and abetting in the fighting of specified animals, including bears and dogs. A violation of this prohibition is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed $5,000, or by both.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1145&version=20110SB114599INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1145&version=20110SB114598AMD)
3. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1145&version=20110SB114596CHP)
4. **SB1145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1145)
5. **07/03/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1145&version=20110SB114597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1145 Emmerson Senate Third Reading By MILLER — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Miller — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Walters — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-09** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2012-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3105.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3240.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5561.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 133, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/357fc1ef-3c41-4863-9763-e8d32ef7dbfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).