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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cruelty to animals."
description: "Cruelty to animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2479"
citation: "California AB 2479 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cruelty to animals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuehl"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72881733-1748-4072-b63f-98ceb9eddd39"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479"
source_hash: "8746593b3c10a9085ee835843e312b430a0e003c804c99db7d09eb5a3d6db5b0"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479&version=19990AB247999INT)
2. **05/15/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479&version=19990AB247998AMD)
3. **05/18/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479&version=19990AB247997AMD)
4. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479&version=19990AB247996AMD)
5. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479&version=19990AB247995AMD)
6. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479&version=19990AB247993CHP)
7. **AB2479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479)
8. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2479&version=19990AB247994ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72881733-1748-4072-b63f-98ceb9eddd39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).