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Bill	Animal abuse: penalties.	Existing law provides that the cost of seizing, caring for, and treating any animal seized pursuant to specified provisions regarding the failure to care for animals shall constitute a lien on the animal and that the animal shall not be returned to its owner until the charges are paid. Existing law provides that no animal properly seized pursuant to these provisions shall be returned to its owner until, in the determination of the seizing agency or hearing officer, the animal is physically fit, or the owner can demonstrate that he or she can and will provide the necessary care.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1117	California AB 1117 (20112012)	bill	Animal abuse: penalties.	enacted	Smyth	11	32	6	2011-02-18	2011-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/bb3d9ff9-c7b9-493b-a786-316b34be29cc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1117	ba715baae3a629879c94a5736c7e58e486e24d1b7587fc2fb672a4dc613bdee0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1117 (20112012) — Animal abuse: penalties.

Existing law provides that the cost of seizing, caring for, and treating any animal seized pursuant to specified provisions regarding the failure to care for animals shall constitute a lien on the animal and that the animal shall not be returned to its owner until the charges are paid. Existing law provides that no animal properly seized pursuant to these provisions shall be returned to its owner until, in the determination of the seizing agency or hearing officer, the animal is physically fit, or the owner can demonstrate that he or she can and will provide the necessary care.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/11/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/27/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/20/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/12/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/17/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/07/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1117 (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/30/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1117 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1117 Smyth By Lieu — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1117 SMYTH Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 16–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Smyth — primary (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Lieu — coauthor (person)
• Solorio — coauthor (person)
• Strickland — coauthor (person)
• Williams — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2011-03-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-05-03 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-05-05 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1225.)
• 2011-05-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-11 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1805.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2016.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2648.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb3d9ff9-c7b9-493b-a786-316b34be29cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).