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Bill	Pets: sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits.	Existing law, the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, requires pet dealers, as defined, to disclose at the time of sale of a dog or cat specified information, including, among others, the source of the dog or cat, a record of known diseases or illnesses afflicting the dog or cat, and a record of immunizations or inoculations, worming treatments, veterinarian treatment, or medications received by the dog or cat. Existing law, the Polanco-Lockyer Pet Breeder Warranty Act, requires dog breeders to disclose, among other things, the aforementioned medical information to purchasers. Existing law makes a person who violates these provisions liable for civil penalties, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 506	California AB 506 (20252026)	bill	Pets salesofdogs cats andrabbits	enacted	Bennett	9	33	10	2025-02-10	2025-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/48c19d5a-b82e-4fd6-930b-8243c3418125	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506	d7c9e45f486722f4c44acdf48faa4127503d9d5d11f81b33bc1f7992c09317d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 506 (20252026) — Pets: sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Existing law, the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, requires pet dealers, as defined, to disclose at the time of sale of a dog or cat specified information, including, among others, the source of the dog or cat, a record of known diseases or illnesses afflicting the dog or cat, and a record of immunizations or inoculations, worming treatments, veterinarian treatment, or medications received by the dog or cat. Existing law, the Polanco-Lockyer Pet Breeder Warranty Act, requires dog breeders to disclose, among other things, the aforementioned medical information to purchasers. Existing law makes a person who violates these provisions liable for civil penalties, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/09/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB506 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 506 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — 71–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 506 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB506 Bennett et al. By Umberg — 36–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Berman — principal coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2025-02-24 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-03-20 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 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
• 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-04-08 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 22). 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 11. 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 71. Noes 2. Page 1833.) 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 B. P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-10 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 36. Noes 2. Page 2613.). 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 70. Noes 4. Page 3107.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 477, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48c19d5a-b82e-4fd6-930b-8243c3418125. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).