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Bill	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, and is 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 owner, after his or her dog attains 4 months of age, annually procure the dog's vaccination against rabies by a licensed veterinarian with canine antirabies vaccine approved by, and in a manner prescribed by, the State Department of Public Health, with specified exceptions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 272	California AB 272 (20132014)	bill	Rabies: vaccinations.	enacted	Gomez	9	33	7	2013-02-07	2013-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e8c8285c-d809-4164-98e3-e47a2cc49804	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB272	4f0b2eb73ff36efe7f4e98b38543220f5ed5356adc06dba13a534413444e9633	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 272 (20132014) — 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, and is 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 owner, after his or her dog attains 4 months of age, annually procure the dog's vaccination against rabies by a licensed veterinarian with canine antirabies vaccine approved by, and in a manner prescribed by, the State Department of Public Health, with specified exceptions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/05/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB272 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 272 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 272 GOMEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB272 Gomez By Pavley — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gomez — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-15 From consent calendar.
• 2013-04-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-04-18 Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Page 1000.)
• 2013-04-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1000.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-22 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1034.)
• 2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1122.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-05-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-08-19 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2099.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2904.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 582, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8c8285c-d809-4164-98e3-e47a2cc49804. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).