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, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. 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 vaccinated against rabies.
California AB 258 (20112012) — 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, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. 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 vaccinated against rabies.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 258 HAGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 258 HAGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hagman — primary (person)
Atkins — coauthor (person)
Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
Garrick — coauthor (person)
Halderman — coauthor (person)
Mansoor — coauthor (person)
Perea — coauthor (person)
Smyth — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2011-02-18 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2011-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1356.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-26 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-06-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-07-11 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2011-08-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2190.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2905.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 542, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/961ed085-f3f4-42df-bc51-4e8df95dc00c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).