republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-147.md

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Bill	Postsecondary education: animal research.	Existing law establishes a state policy that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 147	California AB 147 (20152016)	bill	Postsecondary education: animal research.	enacted	Dababneh	7	23	6	2015-01-15	2015-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/e330c3e5-84d6-40a0-a773-31d0771bb9cd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147	95f90d9d0ba45a5f353104ee03574473c6e095da669d2c814b111304c676d461	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 147 (20152016) — Postsecondary education: animal research.

Existing law establishes a state policy that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home.

Version chain

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

1. 01/15/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/12/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB147 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 147 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB147 Dababneh By Leno — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 147 DABABNEH Assembly Third Reading — 76–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dababneh — primary (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Linder — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — principal coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)
• Williams — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-01-16 From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
• 2015-01-26 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2015-03-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-03-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 850.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-05-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 17). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2109.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2602.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 551, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e330c3e5-84d6-40a0-a773-31d0771bb9cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).