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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pet broker sales."
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description: "Existing law, the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, requires dealers of dogs and cats to comply with its provisions, including maintaining certain health and safety standards for pets and providing purchasers and prospective purchasers of pets, upon request, with written notice of consumer rights concerning the sale of a pet, including information about available refunds and other remedies. Existing law prohibits an online pet retailer, as defined, from offering, brokering, making a referral for, or otherwise facilitating a loan or other financing option for, the adoption or sale of a dog, cat, or a rabbit. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 519"
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citation: "California AB 519 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Petbrokersales"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-10"
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last_action: "2025-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2dc8892-25ca-4782-a94b-f80b58c052cd"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB519"
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source_hash: "e355ed69ebcf9a38eae499bb361659e10ca6a791127c373d413fa193f2805643"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 519 (20252026) — Pet broker sales.
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Existing law, the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, requires dealers of dogs and cats to comply with its provisions, including maintaining certain health and safety standards for pets and providing purchasers and prospective purchasers of pets, upon request, with written notice of consumer rights concerning the sale of a pet, including information about available refunds and other remedies. Existing law prohibits an online pet retailer, as defined, from offering, brokering, making a referral for, or otherwise facilitating a loan or other financing option for, the adoption or sale of a dog, cat, or a rabbit. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB519&version=20250AB51999INT)
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2. **03/18/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB519&version=20250AB51998AMD)
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3. **05/28/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB519&version=20250AB51997AMD)
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4. **07/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB519&version=20250AB51996AMD)
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5. **10/09/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB519&version=20250AB51994CHP)
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6. **AB519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB519)
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7. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB519&version=20250AB51995ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 519 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB519 Berman et al. By Umberg — **31–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 519 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Berman — primary (person)
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- Bennett — principal coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Haney — coauthor (person)
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- Umberg — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
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- **2025-02-24** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-04-22** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1422.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-14** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-28** 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`
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- **2025-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 2429.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3016.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2025-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2dc8892-25ca-4782-a94b-f80b58c052cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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