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Bill	Pet store operators: dogs, cats, and rabbits.	Existing law requires pet store operators, as defined, to comply with laws governing, among other things, the care of animals in pet stores. Existing law makes a pet store operator who violates these provisions guilty of a misdemeanor, under certain conditions. Existing law also regulates the retail sale of dogs and cats.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 485	California AB 485 (20172018)	bill	Pet store operators: dogs cats and rabbits.	enacted	O'Donnell	10	29	1	2017-02-13	2017-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/94f2c115-4950-4415-9460-ef29dbbc6aa0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB485	8f57a8ec37b1e7aca8d50a501756040b23cd8d0405fcb169a7f9c4aba93c4575	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 485 (20172018) — Pet store operators: dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Existing law requires pet store operators, as defined, to comply with laws governing, among other things, the care of animals in pet stores. Existing law makes a pet store operator who violates these provisions guilty of a misdemeanor, under certain conditions. Existing law also regulates the retail sale of dogs and cats.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/19/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/13/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB485 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 7–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• O'Donnell — primary (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Chávez — coauthor (person)
• Dababneh — author (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Monning — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2017-04-19 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-05-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 11. Page 1793.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-08-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2767.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 3. Page 3365.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 740, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94f2c115-4950-4415-9460-ef29dbbc6aa0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).