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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sales of dogs and cats: contracts."
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description: "Existing law generally regulates formation and enforcement of contracts, including what constitutes an unlawful contract. Under existing law, a contract is unlawful if it is contrary to an express provision of law, contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or otherwise contrary to good morals. Existing law, the Unruh Act, provides for the regulation of retail installment contracts, as defined. Existing law, the Karnette Rental-Purchase Act, provides for the regulation of rental-purchase agreements, as defined."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1491"
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citation: "California AB 1491 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Sales of dogs and cats: contracts."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be5690c2-5fc8-44ed-b3a9-a71604462f58"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491"
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source_hash: "ef55f30b0f69c35200b612abb04f5fd55840799badf0ec2c267d4e0997f205fb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1491 (20172018) — Sales of dogs and cats: contracts.
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Existing law generally regulates formation and enforcement of contracts, including what constitutes an unlawful contract. Under existing law, a contract is unlawful if it is contrary to an express provision of law, contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or otherwise contrary to good morals. Existing law, the Unruh Act, provides for the regulation of retail installment contracts, as defined. Existing law, the Karnette Rental-Purchase Act, provides for the regulation of rental-purchase agreements, as defined.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491&version=20170AB149199INT)
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2. **03/27/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491&version=20170AB149198AMD)
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3. **04/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491&version=20170AB149197AMD)
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4. **07/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491&version=20170AB149196AMD)
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5. **08/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491&version=20170AB149195AMD)
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6. **10/13/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491&version=20170AB149193CHP)
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7. **AB1491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491)
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8. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1491&version=20170AB149194ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1491 Caballero et al. By Atkins — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1491 CABALLERO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–10** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **10–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1491 CABALLERO Assembly Third Reading — **63–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caballero — primary (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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- Atkins — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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- Steinorth — coauthor (person)
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- Stern — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-04-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 1470.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-24** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2343.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2017-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 2936.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2017-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 761, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be5690c2-5fc8-44ed-b3a9-a71604462f58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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