republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal control: tranquilizers."
description: "Existing law authorizes any peace officer, humane society officer, or animal control officer to take possession of a stray or abandoned animal and to provide care and treatment for the animal until the animal is deemed to be in suitable condition to be returned to the animal's owner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1162"
citation: "California SB 1162 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal control: tranquilizers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Runner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ddea4e1-5490-4c74-8720-ae840690efed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162"
source_hash: "62e5479ea91747bb336ee72a138427ffa881b4a71a5ec5d0f45c551224f9e2c6"
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 SB 1162 (20112012) — Animal control: tranquilizers.

Existing law authorizes any peace officer, humane society officer, or animal control officer to take possession of a stray or abandoned animal and to provide care and treatment for the animal until the animal is deemed to be in suitable condition to be returned to the animal's owner.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162&version=20110SB116299INT)
2. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162&version=20110SB116298AMD)
3. **05/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162&version=20110SB116297AMD)
4. **06/13/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162&version=20110SB116296AMD)
5. **08/22/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162&version=20110SB116295AMD)
6. **08/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162&version=20110SB116294AMD)
7. **09/26/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162&version=20110SB116292CHP)
8. **SB1162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162)
9. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1162&version=20110SB116293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1162 Runner By Emmerson Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1162 Runner Third Reading Urgency By KNIGHT — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Runner — primary (person)
- Donnelly — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-20** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2012-03-22** Re-referred to Coms. on G.O. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-03** Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-09** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2012-05-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3515.) (May 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** (Corrected May 29.)
- **2012-05-22** Set for hearing June 12.
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-16** Set for hearing June 25.
- **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. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4222.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6150.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-29** Read third time and amended. (Page 6555.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 6671.)
- **2012-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6672.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5081.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2012-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ddea4e1-5490-4c74-8720-ae840690efed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).