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type: "Bill"
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title: "Stray animals: impoundment: puppies: kittens."
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description: "Existing law prohibits certain animals that are irremediably suffering from serious illness or severe injury from being held for owner redemption or adoption, and authorizes newborns of those animals that need maternal care and have been impounded without their mothers to be euthanized without being held for owner redemption or adoption."
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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 2791"
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citation: "California AB 2791 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Stray animals: impoundment: puppies: kittens."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-02-16"
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last_action: "2018-08-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b0c3ff-8c8e-4614-8188-3a4579de79f3"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2791"
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source_hash: "a1c05ff81c9a7f9de42158de7d1019605f38c364731c56a361f431bc0dae87fd"
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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 2791 (20172018) — Stray animals: impoundment: puppies: kittens.
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Existing law prohibits certain animals that are irremediably suffering from serious illness or severe injury from being held for owner redemption or adoption, and authorizes newborns of those animals that need maternal care and have been impounded without their mothers to be euthanized without being held for owner redemption or adoption.
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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. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2791&version=20170AB279199INT)
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2. **04/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2791&version=20170AB279198AMD)
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3. **08/24/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2791&version=20170AB279196CHP)
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4. **AB2791** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2791)
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5. **08/08/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2791&version=20170AB279197ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar AB2791 Muratsuchi et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2791 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2791 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading Amend By MURATSUCHI Set #1 — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Muratsuchi — primary (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4781.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4890.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-07-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5168.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-07** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-08-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 194, 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/42b0c3ff-8c8e-4614-8188-3a4579de79f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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