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Bill	Animal test methods: alternatives.	Existing law prohibits manufacturers and contract testing facilities from using traditional animal test methods within the state for which an appropriate alternative test method has been scientifically validated and recommended by the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) and adopted, as specified. Existing law excepts certain animal tests from these provisions, including animal tests performed for the purpose of medical research. Existing law provides that the exclusive remedy for a violation of these provisions is a civil action for injunctive relief brought by, among others, the Attorney General and makes a violation of these provisions punishable by a specified civil penalty. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of these provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 357	California AB 357 (20232024)	bill	Animal test methods alternatives	enacted	Maienschein	8	29	8	2023-02-01	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/98a05c2f-800d-44cb-86be-8a50e270d418	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB357	d60f9162f5765f19f187e0072edc78ca789680b451ced422bae22375b4846f79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 357 (20232024) — Animal test methods: alternatives.

Existing law prohibits manufacturers and contract testing facilities from using traditional animal test methods within the state for which an appropriate alternative test method has been scientifically validated and recommended by the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) and adopted, as specified. Existing law excepts certain animal tests from these provisions, including animal tests performed for the purpose of medical research. Existing law provides that the exclusive remedy for a violation of these provisions is a civil action for injunctive relief brought by, among others, the Attorney General and makes a violation of these provisions punishable by a specified civil penalty. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of these provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/01/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/15/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/25/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB357 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB357 Maienschein By Glazer — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 357 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — 68–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 357 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 69–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-02 From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-08 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1752.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 1971.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2433.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 3074.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 430, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98a05c2f-800d-44cb-86be-8a50e270d418. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).