republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2689.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rabies vaccinations."
description: "Existing law imposes various requirements upon dog owners in rabies areas designated by the State Public Health Officer. Any person who violates these requirements is guilty of an infraction. Violation of these requirements also results in impounding of the dog by the local jurisdiction. Among the requirements imposed under existing law is that a dog 4 months of age or older must be licensed by the appropriate city, county, or city and county, and vaccinated for rabies, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2689"
citation: "California AB 2689 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rabies vaccinations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06f28fcc-ebab-452f-b7c4-09d1f18554f0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2689"
source_hash: "9d36a2be92be69beb96c337173d3389f62a01debb73162b9640f03286c6ee0f8"
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 2689 (20092010) — Rabies vaccinations.

Existing law imposes various requirements upon dog owners in rabies areas designated by the State Public Health Officer. Any person who violates these requirements is guilty of an infraction. Violation of these requirements also results in impounding of the dog by the local jurisdiction. Among the requirements imposed under existing law is that a dog 4 months of age or older must be licensed by the appropriate city, county, or city and county, and vaccinated for rabies, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2689&version=20090AB268999INT)
2. **04/08/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2689&version=20090AB268998AMD)
3. **04/15/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2689&version=20090AB268997AMD)
4. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2689&version=20090AB268996AMD)
5. **07/06/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2689&version=20090AB268994CHP)
6. **AB2689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2689)
7. **06/18/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2689&version=20090AB268995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2689 SMYTH Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Amend, and re-refer to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2689 Smyth Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-08** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5050.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 3940.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-06-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2010-07-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06f28fcc-ebab-452f-b7c4-09d1f18554f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).