republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-258.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rabies: vaccinations."
description: "Existing law imposes various requirements upon dog owners in rabies areas designated by the State Public Health Officer. Any person who violates these requirements is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. Violation of these requirements also results in impounding of the dog by the local jurisdiction. Among the requirements imposed under existing law is that a dog 4 months of age or older must be vaccinated against rabies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 258"
citation: "California AB 258 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rabies: vaccinations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-07"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/961ed085-f3f4-42df-bc51-4e8df95dc00c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB258"
source_hash: "01085eec6b7cde3b01db092d0425452dc81ba62ba7c5f2f539322006078c057b"
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 258 (20112012) — Rabies: vaccinations.

Existing law imposes various requirements upon dog owners in rabies areas designated by the State Public Health Officer. Any person who violates these requirements is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. Violation of these requirements also results in impounding of the dog by the local jurisdiction. Among the requirements imposed under existing law is that a dog 4 months of age or older must be vaccinated against rabies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB258&version=20110AB25899INT)
2. **06/20/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB258&version=20110AB25898AMD)
3. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB258&version=20110AB25896CHP)
4. **AB258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB258)
5. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB258&version=20110AB25897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB258 Hagman By Leno — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 258 HAGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 258 HAGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hagman — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Halderman — coauthor (person)
- Mansoor — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2011-02-18** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1356.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2190.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2905.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 542, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/961ed085-f3f4-42df-bc51-4e8df95dc00c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).