republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1363.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animals: estrays: alpacas, llamas, and goats."
description: "Existing law prescribes requirements for the seizure, management, and care of estrays. Existing law, for purposes of those provisions, defines \"estray\" to mean any impounded or seized bovine animal, horse, mule, sheep, swine, or burro whose owner is unknown or cannot be located. Existing law requires that any animal that is seized by, or comes into the possession of, an inspector pursuant to those provisions be disposed of in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to violate specified provisions in the Food and Agricultural Code governing the care and treatment of animals, including estrays."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1363"
citation: "California AB 1363 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals: estrays: alpacas", "llamas", "and goats."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa0c0afb-a5a2-478e-a872-d5fd18c0dedc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363"
source_hash: "428401d3478ef4700f571dbc75361c46a8f68180f273d2e31b75ccf76fc5356f"
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 1363 (20152016) — Animals: estrays: alpacas, llamas, and goats.

Existing law prescribes requirements for the seizure, management, and care of estrays. Existing law, for purposes of those provisions, defines "estray" to mean any impounded or seized bovine animal, horse, mule, sheep, swine, or burro whose owner is unknown or cannot be located. Existing law requires that any animal that is seized by, or comes into the possession of, an inspector pursuant to those provisions be disposed of in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to violate specified provisions in the Food and Agricultural Code governing the care and treatment of animals, including estrays.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363&version=20150AB136399INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363&version=20150AB136398AMD)
3. **05/19/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363&version=20150AB136397AMD)
4. **07/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363&version=20150AB136396AMD)
5. **08/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363&version=20150AB136395AMD)
6. **10/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363&version=20150AB136393CHP)
7. **AB1363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363)
8. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1363&version=20150AB136394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1363 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1363 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1363 Salas By Vidak — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1555.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2689.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3151.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 444, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa0c0afb-a5a2-478e-a872-d5fd18c0dedc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).