republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2723.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animals: microchips."
description: "Existing law prohibits a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group from releasing a dog or cat to an owner seeking to reclaim it, or adopting out, selling, or giving away a dog or cat to a new owner, unless the dog or cat is or will be microchipped, as specified. Existing law subjects an agency, shelter, or group that violates these provisions on or after January 1, 2022, to a civil penalty of $100, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2723"
citation: "California AB 2723 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals: microchips."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5515c81-0eb9-461d-b71b-684a185617ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2723"
source_hash: "5a85f58824936ba0a97969a2ed558ced369f6cb8fc81ca1fa3cf96237a6b6c39"
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 2723 (20212022) — Animals: microchips.

Existing law prohibits a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group from releasing a dog or cat to an owner seeking to reclaim it, or adopting out, selling, or giving away a dog or cat to a new owner, unless the dog or cat is or will be microchipped, as specified. Existing law subjects an agency, shelter, or group that violates these provisions on or after January 1, 2022, to a civil penalty of $100, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2723&version=20210AB272399INT)
2. **04/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2723&version=20210AB272398AMD)
3. **08/04/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2723&version=20210AB272397AMD)
4. **09/26/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2723&version=20210AB272395CHP)
5. **AB2723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2723)
6. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2723&version=20210AB272396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2723 Holden et al. By Newman — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2723 Holden Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2723 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4740.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4874.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5980.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5515c81-0eb9-461d-b71b-684a185617ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).