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Bill	Crimes: theft: animals.	Existing law prohibits the theft of personal property, as specified. Existing law, for purposes of provisions related to theft, declares that a dog is personal property and that the value of a dog shall be determined in the same manner as for other personal property. Under existing law, theft of a dog with a value exceeding $950 is grand theft and theft of a dog with a value not exceeding $950 is petty theft. Existing appellate case law holds that a cat is personal property for purposes of theft. Existing law defines a feral cat as a cat without owner identification whose usual and consistent temperament is extreme fear and resistance to contact with people and who is totally unsocialized to people.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1290	California AB 1290 (20212022)	bill	Crimes: theft: animals.	enacted	Lee	7	34	7	2021-02-19	2022-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3d039372-0bdc-4faa-bbda-5d648cb5b246	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1290	d9d4f7cf7445aa972f9d8bc31491982a8875dc739e618dff433605598ff167de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1290 (20212022) — Crimes: theft: animals.

Existing law prohibits the theft of personal property, as specified. Existing law, for purposes of provisions related to theft, declares that a dog is personal property and that the value of a dog shall be determined in the same manner as for other personal property. Under existing law, theft of a dog with a value exceeding $950 is grand theft and theft of a dog with a value not exceeding $950 is petty theft. Existing appellate case law holds that a cat is personal property for purposes of theft. Existing law defines a feral cat as a cat without owner identification whose usual and consistent temperament is extreme fear and resistance to contact with people and who is totally unsocialized to people.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/30/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/25/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1290 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1290 Lee By Stern — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1290 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB1290 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1290 Lee Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2021-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1252.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-06-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-06-16 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-08-01 Ordered to second reading.
• 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4904.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-22 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2022-08-22 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2022-08-25 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5368.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d039372-0bdc-4faa-bbda-5d648cb5b246. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).