republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2754.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stray animals."
description: "Stray animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2754"
citation: "California AB 2754 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Stray animals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03d3447c-1909-4f44-bb97-fd8fd4ece95c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754"
source_hash: "7c018a233827058310e523648d8448c20c6a22560e3218391e3fdd1f85d74b3d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2754 (19992000) — Stray animals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275499INT)
2. **04/06/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275498AMD)
3. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275497AMD)
4. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275496AMD)
5. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275495AMD)
6. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275494AMD)
7. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275493AMD)
8. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275492AMD)
9. **09/21/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275490CHP)
10. **AB2754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754)
11. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2754&version=19990AB275491ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2754 House By Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2754 HOUSE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2754 HOUSE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House — primary (person)
- Strom-Martin — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 567, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 17. Page 8936.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 9. Page 6406.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-08** (Corrected August 7. )
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-07-03** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 6897.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 2.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-05-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2000-02-25** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03d3447c-1909-4f44-bb97-fd8fd4ece95c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).