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Bill	Dogs and cats: microchip implants.	Existing law requires that the holding period for a stray dog or cat impounded in a shelter be 6 business days, not including the day of impoundment, with exceptions, as provided. Existing law requires a shelter, during this holding period and before adoption or euthanasia, to scan the dog or cat for a microchip that identifies the owner of that dog or cat and to make reasonable efforts to contact the owner.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 573	California SB 573 (20192020)	bill	Dogs and cats: microchip implants.	enacted	Chang	6	29	9	2019-02-22	2020-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/759212a0-babc-46c6-9439-e9ecfd0f77ff	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB573	abbfd2350e38bc1f2a7e666e57f420af27781ffd2835048c4c69b5cb22f418a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 573 (20192020) — Dogs and cats: microchip implants.

Existing law requires that the holding period for a stray dog or cat impounded in a shelter be 6 business days, not including the day of impoundment, with exceptions, as provided. Existing law requires a shelter, during this holding period and before adoption or euthanasia, to scan the dog or cat for a microchip that identifies the owner of that dog or cat and to make reasonable efforts to contact the owner.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/10/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/21/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/18/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB573 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 573 Chang Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB573 Chang Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chang — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 552.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2019-04-22 April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1103.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-05-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1339.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2019-07-03 July 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2020-02-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2020-06-18 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-07-27 July 27 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-08-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-18 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5282.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2020-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2020-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2020-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 108, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/759212a0-babc-46c6-9439-e9ecfd0f77ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).