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Bill	Humane officers: authorization to carry a wooden club or baton.	Existing law authorizes the formation of corporations for the prevention of cruelty to animals under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law. Existing law provides for the appointment of humane officers to a humane society or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Under existing law, a humane officer may, among other things, exercise the powers of a peace officer in order to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty on an animal and make arrests for penal violations relating to or affecting animals, as specified. Existing law prescribes the powers and qualifications of level 1 and level 2 humane officers. Level 1 humane officers are authorized to carry firearms, subject to specified requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2349	California AB 2349 (20172018)	bill	Humane officers: authorization to carry a wooden club or baton.	enacted	Chen	4	15	4	2018-02-13	2018-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0a3fb216-5411-4265-9abc-bdb6d189c19c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2349	d58291da2c94745f5241f8497e60d124e038b70c382695657a58c926670f12aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2349 (20172018) — Humane officers: authorization to carry a wooden club or baton.

Existing law authorizes the formation of corporations for the prevention of cruelty to animals under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law. Existing law provides for the appointment of humane officers to a humane society or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Under existing law, a humane officer may, among other things, exercise the powers of a peace officer in order to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty on an animal and make arrests for penal violations relating to or affecting animals, as specified. Existing law prescribes the powers and qualifications of level 1 and level 2 humane officers. Level 1 humane officers are authorized to carry firearms, subject to specified requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/01/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2349 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/22/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2349 CHEN Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar AB2349 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-03-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4532.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-04-19 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-05-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4221.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-21 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2018-05-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-06-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-06-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 20, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a3fb216-5411-4265-9abc-bdb6d189c19c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).