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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sexual abuse of animals."
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description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to sexually assault certain animals for the purpose of gratifying the sexual desires of a person."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 611"
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citation: "California AB 611 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Sexual abuse of animals."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/207f2e52-3445-453d-b2f1-0f28a87961fc"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611"
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source_hash: "12a29445779cc01ccc609986491b97a7fe22f345fdfbfe7e62f955a27efeade9"
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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 611 (20192020) — Sexual abuse of animals.
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Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to sexually assault certain animals for the purpose of gratifying the sexual desires of a person.
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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. **02/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611&version=20190AB61199INT)
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2. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611&version=20190AB61198AMD)
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3. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611&version=20190AB61196CHP)
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4. **AB611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611)
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5. **09/10/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB611&version=20190AB61197ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 611 Nazarian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB611 Nazarian et al. By Wilk — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 611 Nazarian Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nazarian — primary (person)
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- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
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- Wilk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
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- **2019-02-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1190.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2019-06-24** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2586.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2019-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3139.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 613, Statutes of 2019.
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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/207f2e52-3445-453d-b2f1-0f28a87961fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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