republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1270.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Diseased animals and poultry: regulation: fee schedule."
description: "Existing law governs the reporting, transportation, handling, and disposal, as specified, of animals that are infected with a contagious disease. Existing law provides for the quarantine or destruction of diseased animals, and the vaccination of certain animals. Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to license biologic establishments that are engaged in the production of products used to diagnose and detect, or prevent or treat, disease in animals other than human beings, if those establishments meet certain requirements. Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2017, the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish, by regulation, a fee schedule not to exceed the reasonable costs associated with carrying out these provisions, up to a maximum fee of $500 for each license, permit, registration, product, or service, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1270"
citation: "California SB 1270 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Diseased animals and poultry: regulation: fee schedule."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ae885a-481b-4885-8a48-a22f427cb093"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1270"
source_hash: "b026f8750302c72419c5297b7e43ea25deb945e1c3e485f2dd540408fc209317"
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 SB 1270 (20152016) — Diseased animals and poultry: regulation: fee schedule.

Existing law governs the reporting, transportation, handling, and disposal, as specified, of animals that are infected with a contagious disease. Existing law provides for the quarantine or destruction of diseased animals, and the vaccination of certain animals. Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to license biologic establishments that are engaged in the production of products used to diagnose and detect, or prevent or treat, disease in animals other than human beings, if those establishments meet certain requirements. Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2017, the Department of Food and Agriculture to establish, by regulation, a fee schedule not to exceed the reasonable costs associated with carrying out these provisions, up to a maximum fee of $500 for each license, permit, registration, product, or service, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1270&version=20150SB127099INT)
2. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1270&version=20150SB127097CHP)
3. **SB1270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1270)
4. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1270&version=20150SB127098ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1270 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By DODD — **76–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3590.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-04-28** May 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2016-05-09** May 9 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2016-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3888.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3977.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Waldron.
- **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 4. Page 6078.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 309, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4ae885a-481b-4885-8a48-a22f427cb093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).