republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2479.md

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California AB 2479 (19992000) — Cruelty to animals.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/00 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/15/00 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/18/00 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/08/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/18/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/00 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2479 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/25/00 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2479 KUEHL THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2479 KUEHL CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2479 Kuehl By Hayden — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — fail (fail) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kuehl — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2000-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1061, Statutes of 2000.
• 2000-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2000-09-06 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2000-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 8292.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2000-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2000-08-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5965.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-08-18 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-08-08 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-08-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2000-06-13 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. referral-committee
• 2000-06-08 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2000-06-06 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2000-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2000-05-30 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 6725.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-05-22 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2000-05-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-05-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2000-05-16 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. referral-committee
• 2000-05-15 Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) and Joint Rule (b)(6) suspended. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended (Page 6378.). amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-05-11 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 9). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2000-04-27 Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
• 2000-04-25 In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2000-03-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2000-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2000-02-24 Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72881733-1748-4072-b63f-98ceb9eddd39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).