republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2723.md

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Bill	Animals: microchips.	Existing law prohibits a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group from releasing a dog or cat to an owner seeking to reclaim it, or adopting out, selling, or giving away a dog or cat to a new owner, unless the dog or cat is or will be microchipped, as specified. Existing law subjects an agency, shelter, or group that violates these provisions on or after January 1, 2022, to a civil penalty of $100, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2723	California AB 2723 (20212022)	bill	Animals: microchips.	enacted	Holden	6	22	6	2022-02-18	2022-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/b5515c81-0eb9-461d-b71b-684a185617ff	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2723	5a85f58824936ba0a97969a2ed558ced369f6cb8fc81ca1fa3cf96237a6b6c39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2723 (20212022) — Animals: microchips.

Existing law prohibits a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group from releasing a dog or cat to an owner seeking to reclaim it, or adopting out, selling, or giving away a dog or cat to a new owner, unless the dog or cat is or will be microchipped, as specified. Existing law subjects an agency, shelter, or group that violates these provisions on or after January 1, 2022, to a civil penalty of $100, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/04/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2723 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/24/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2723 Holden et al. By Newman — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2723 Holden Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2723 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4740.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4874.). 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 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5980.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5515c81-0eb9-461d-b71b-684a185617ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).