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Bill	Fur products: prohibition.	Existing federal law requires that fur products be labeled with the names of any animals used, the manufacturer, the country of origin, and other specified information.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 44	California AB 44 (20192020)	bill	Fur products: prohibition.	enacted	Friedman	12	35	11	2018-12-03	2019-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/85620c52-f4f3-4158-abcd-85c7d8a5bced	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB44	ef1aa7734870fece0fc63181a50e951bcb25742d15a5b695e7fd640a30b698a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 44 (20192020) — Fur products: prohibition.

Existing federal law requires that fur products be labeled with the names of any animals used, the manufacturer, the country of origin, and other specified information.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/25/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/13/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/23/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/14/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/27/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 10/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB44 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 44 Friedman Assembly Third Reading Amend By FRIEDMAN Set #1 — 56–20 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 44 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 55–18 (pass) · lower
• AB 44 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — 52–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB44 Friedman By Jackson — 27–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Friedman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2019-01-17 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-02-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-02-26 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (March 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (March 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 1856.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 16. Page 2018.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 2743.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2019-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 3392.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85620c52-f4f3-4158-abcd-85c7d8a5bced. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).