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Bill	Animals: prohibition on use in circuses.	Existing law regulates the taking and possession of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, including the importation, transportation, possession, and live release of wild animals, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 313	California SB 313 (20192020)	bill	Animals: prohibition on use in circuses.	enacted	Hueso	10	31	8	2019-02-15	2019-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/49a15a69-4c81-4629-8671-14731f103213	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB313	afbafdb668b6074f673a749d9867bedcd1871aadb92381eed2ad15b27a0a5c99	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 313 (20192020) — Animals: prohibition on use in circuses.

Existing law regulates the taking and possession of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, including the importation, transportation, possession, and live release of wild animals, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/28/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/25/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/01/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/12/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB313 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB313 Hueso Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• SB 313 Hueso Senate Third Reading By Eduardo Garcia — 56–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hueso — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2019-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 622.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 798.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2019-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1153.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-03 Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-06-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-14 August 14 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-08-21 August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 13. Page 3191.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2835.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 768, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49a15a69-4c81-4629-8671-14731f103213. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).