republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2949.md

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Bill	Involuntary deposits: abandoned pets.	Involuntary deposits: abandoned pets.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2949	California AB 2949 (20072008)	bill	Involuntary deposits: abandoned pets.	enacted	DeSaulnier	8	25	5	2008-02-22	2008-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c81f5701-4b6f-4a5b-8ba1-28950b6a93f5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2949	17df25e7d82cbf32a1d1e84990223b9d397c69f9d626ff32acd86779d1857e21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2949 (20072008) — Involuntary deposits: abandoned pets.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/12/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/04/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2949 (committee substitute) — source
8. 07/16/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2949 DE SAULNIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2949 DeSaulnier — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2949 DE SAULNIER Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• DeSaulnier — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2008-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2008-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2008-03-13 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-04-23 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-05-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-05-06 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-07 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-05-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-05-13 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-05-15 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
• 2008-05-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5266.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-07-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-07-02 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-07-07 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 4655.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-07-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-07-15 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6120.)
• 2008-07-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6121.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-07-23 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
• 2008-08-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-08-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c81f5701-4b6f-4a5b-8ba1-28950b6a93f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).