republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1062.md

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Bill	Elephants: prohibited treatment.	Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any owner or manager of an elephant to engage in abusive behavior toward the elephant, which includes disciplining an elephant by specified methods.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1062	California SB 1062 (20152016)	bill	Elephants: prohibited treatment.	enacted	Lara	6	24	7	2016-02-16	2016-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/770b43f8-eead-424b-a499-3d2e2c740b07	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1062	558cab3dd7a99ec1420e14cd772915800b53746dfe426ab24145296d95d2630d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1062 (20152016) — Elephants: prohibited treatment.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any owner or manager of an elephant to engage in abusive behavior toward the elephant, which includes disciplining an elephant by specified methods.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/26/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1062 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/12/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–2 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1062 Lara Concurrence — 27–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media] — 12–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 29–9 (pass) · upper
• SB 1062 Lara Senate Third Reading By BONTA — 65–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2016-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3312.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-01 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2016-04-11 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2016-04-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 3576.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-05-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-13 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 2.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 7. Page 5712.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 4864.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2016-08-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/770b43f8-eead-424b-a499-3d2e2c740b07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).