republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-242.md

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Bill	Dog fighting.	Existing law provides that the crime of being a spectator at a dog fight is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 242	California AB 242 (20092010)	bill	Dog fighting.	enacted	Nava	7	25	5	2009-02-10	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/50f3af6c-7993-4a01-91bd-24bd95f38f11	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB242	b8a8532fcc739d7e051b04205329baae8231f530136c0053ff2543f47f115d69	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 242 (20092010) — Dog fighting.

Existing law provides that the crime of being a spectator at a dog fight is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/01/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB242 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB242 Nava By Strickland — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 242 NAVA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nava — primary (person)
• Cox — coauthor (person)
• DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
• Florez — coauthor (person)
• Strickland — coauthor (person)
• Yamada — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2009-03-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2009-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2009-04-20 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-04-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1946.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2009-06-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-08-18 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-01 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 2054.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2009-09-08 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 225, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50f3af6c-7993-4a01-91bd-24bd95f38f11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).