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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: animal research."
description: "Existing law establishes a state policy that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 147"
citation: "California AB 147 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: animal research."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-01-15"
last_action: "2015-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e330c3e5-84d6-40a0-a773-31d0771bb9cd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147"
source_hash: "95f90d9d0ba45a5f353104ee03574473c6e095da669d2c814b111304c676d461"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14799INT)
2. **03/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14798AMD)
3. **05/12/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14797AMD)
4. **06/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14796AMD)
5. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14794CHP)
6. **AB147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147)
7. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB147&version=20150AB14795ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e330c3e5-84d6-40a0-a773-31d0771bb9cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).