republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2194.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations for prevention of cruelty to animals: humane officers: criminal history."
description: "Existing law authorizes the formation of corporations for the prevention of cruelty to animals under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law. Existing law provides for the appointment of humane officers to a humane society or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Under existing law, a humane officer may, among other things, exercise the powers of a peace officer in order to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty on an animal and make arrests for penal violations relating to or affecting animals, as specified. Existing law requires a humane society or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals seeking confirmation of a humane officer's appointment to, among other requirements, submit fingerprint images to the Department of Justice for the purpose of obtaining a state summary criminal history regarding the officer, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2194"
citation: "California AB 2194 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations for prevention of cruelty to animals: humane officers: criminal history."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Gaines"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/260642f8-5c90-401a-a67a-1ea5878a8924"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2194"
source_hash: "48dedd805b8bc828b84627b5f2d8d5da209aadc913a8abc62376f64194e9dbe7"
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 2194 (20112012) — Corporations for prevention of cruelty to animals: humane officers: criminal history.

Existing law authorizes the formation of corporations for the prevention of cruelty to animals under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law. Existing law provides for the appointment of humane officers to a humane society or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Under existing law, a humane officer may, among other things, exercise the powers of a peace officer in order to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty on an animal and make arrests for penal violations relating to or affecting animals, as specified. Existing law requires a humane society or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals seeking confirmation of a humane officer's appointment to, among other requirements, submit fingerprint images to the Department of Justice for the purpose of obtaining a state summary criminal history regarding the officer, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2194&version=20110AB219499INT)
2. **07/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2194&version=20110AB219497CHP)
3. **AB2194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2194)
4. **07/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2194&version=20110AB219498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2194 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #14 AB2194 Beth Gaines — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4676.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4225.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
- **2012-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/260642f8-5c90-401a-a67a-1ea5878a8924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).