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Bill	Animal testing: cosmetics.	Existing law prohibits manufacturers and contract testing facilities from using traditional animal testing methods within this state when an appropriate alternative test method has been scientifically validated and recommended by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) or other specified agencies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1249	California SB 1249 (20172018)	bill	Animal testing: cosmetics.	enacted	Galgiani	9	34	8	2018-02-15	2018-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/9e9207dd-7e30-450b-868a-d3ea3c0d87c6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1249	d3445da69d6e30cbc8269847a973f537e79cbfc4f4e79850d359195ebc057975	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1249 (20172018) — Animal testing: cosmetics.

Existing law prohibits manufacturers and contract testing facilities from using traditional animal testing methods within this state when an appropriate alternative test method has been scientifically validated and recommended by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) or other specified agencies.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/28/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1249 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 21–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1249 Galgiani et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1249 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By KALRA — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Galgiani — primary (person)
• Acosta — coauthor (person)
• Allen — coauthor (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Chang — coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-04-17 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4815.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2018-05-14 May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4307.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 4409.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. referral-committee
• 2018-08-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Coauthors revised.
• 2018-08-29 Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
• 2018-08-29 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2018-08-29 Ordered to second reading.
• 2018-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6173.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2018-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 899, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e9207dd-7e30-450b-868a-d3ea3c0d87c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).