republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1511.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal history information: animal control officers."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain state summary criminal history information, including the identification and criminal history of any person, which may include his or her name, date of birth, physical description, fingerprints, photographs, dates of arrest, arresting agencies and booking numbers, charges, dispositions, and similar data about the person. Existing law authorizes the department, upon a showing of compelling need, to furnish this information in response to a request from certain authorized agencies, organizations, or individuals, including a public utility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1511"
citation: "California AB 1511 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal history information: animal control officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Gaines"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-01-14"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3eab654-d343-456f-98b4-8be873b32cca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511"
source_hash: "cd7314bea5f0213f2d9a25d8d85db4d2e7f917f591aee5b1c51d475ce6dfc8c7"
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 1511 (20132014) — Criminal history information: animal control officers.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain state summary criminal history information, including the identification and criminal history of any person, which may include his or her name, date of birth, physical description, fingerprints, photographs, dates of arrest, arresting agencies and booking numbers, charges, dispositions, and similar data about the person. Existing law authorizes the department, upon a showing of compelling need, to furnish this information in response to a request from certain authorized agencies, organizations, or individuals, including a public utility.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511&version=20130AB151199INT)
2. **03/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511&version=20130AB151198AMD)
3. **06/03/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511&version=20130AB151197AMD)
4. **06/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511&version=20130AB151196AMD)
5. **06/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511&version=20130AB151195AMD)
6. **08/05/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511&version=20130AB151194AMD)
7. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511&version=20130AB151192CHP)
8. **AB1511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511)
9. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1511&version=20130AB151193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1511 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1511 Beth Gaines By Leno — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1511 GAINES Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4470.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4410.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6039.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 449, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3eab654-d343-456f-98b4-8be873b32cca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).