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Bill	Livestock carcasses: disposal: composting.	Existing law prohibits a dead animal hauler or any other person from transporting a dead animal to any place, other than to certain specified facilities or destinations, unless a certain waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 411	California AB 411 (20252026)	bill	Livestockcarcasses composting disposal	enacted	Papan	8	29	10	2025-02-04	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/83405bed-b168-44a8-b8f8-db0bf05d281b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411	88cc6cf5e79cda9bd4fbe0a514ecb0f82d9a60410832ff1cc518525b69489b24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 411 (20252026) — Livestock carcasses: disposal: composting.

Existing law prohibits a dead animal hauler or any other person from transporting a dead animal to any place, other than to certain specified facilities or destinations, unless a certain waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/04/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB411 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB411 Papan et al. By Blakespear — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 411 Papan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 411 Papan Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Papan — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
• 2025-02-24 Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2025-02-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-02-25 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1826.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2612.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3105.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 613, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83405bed-b168-44a8-b8f8-db0bf05d281b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).