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type: "Bill"
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title: "Humane officers: authorization to carry a wooden club or baton."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 2349"
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citation: "California AB 2349 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Humane officers: authorization to carry a wooden club or baton."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-02-13"
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last_action: "2018-06-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a3fb216-5411-4265-9abc-bdb6d189c19c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2349"
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source_hash: "d58291da2c94745f5241f8497e60d124e038b70c382695657a58c926670f12aa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2349 (20172018) — Humane officers: authorization to carry a wooden club or baton.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2349&version=20170AB234999INT)
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2. **06/01/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2349&version=20170AB234997CHP)
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3. **AB2349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2349)
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4. **05/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2349&version=20170AB234998ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2349 CHEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar AB2349 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
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- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4532.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4221.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-06-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-06-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 20, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a3fb216-5411-4265-9abc-bdb6d189c19c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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