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type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual abuse of animals."
description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to sexually assault certain animals for the purpose of gratifying the sexual desires of a person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 611"
citation: "California AB 611 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual abuse of animals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/207f2e52-3445-453d-b2f1-0f28a87961fc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611"
source_hash: "12a29445779cc01ccc609986491b97a7fe22f345fdfbfe7e62f955a27efeade9"
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 611 (20192020) — Sexual abuse of animals.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to sexually assault certain animals for the purpose of gratifying the sexual desires of a person.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611&version=20190AB61199INT)
2. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611&version=20190AB61198AMD)
3. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611&version=20190AB61196CHP)
4. **AB611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611)
5. **09/10/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611&version=20190AB61197ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 611 Nazarian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB611 Nazarian et al. By Wilk — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **80** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 611 Nazarian Consent Calendar Second Day — **720** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nazarian — primary (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1190.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2586.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3139.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 613, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/207f2e52-3445-453d-b2f1-0f28a87961fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).