republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2436.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cattle: inspections: fees."
description: "(1) Existing law requires cattle to be inspected before being moved or transported under certain circumstances, including before cattle are moved out of the state. Existing law provides that inspection of cattle consists of the examination of the cattle for all brands and marks, and, in the case of unbranded cattle, for natural marks, sex, and breed, and includes the issuance of a certificate of inspection. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to impose a prescribed service charge for each site at which an inspection is performed. Existing law also establishes various inspection fees per head of cattle to supplement this site-based charge, generally of $1.50 per animal, with certain exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2436"
citation: "California AB 2436 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Cattle", "fees", "inspections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alanis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccccb307-71d3-4ffd-89f1-c46a35856fdd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2436"
source_hash: "41ee3ca031fb4ce512d0b08e82da57665f0c0473418748de2aa41c04973316bb"
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 2436 (20232024) — Cattle: inspections: fees.

(1) Existing law requires cattle to be inspected before being moved or transported under certain circumstances, including before cattle are moved out of the state. Existing law provides that inspection of cattle consists of the examination of the cattle for all brands and marks, and, in the case of unbranded cattle, for natural marks, sex, and breed, and includes the issuance of a certificate of inspection. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to impose a prescribed service charge for each site at which an inspection is performed. Existing law also establishes various inspection fees per head of cattle to supplement this site-based charge, generally of $1.50 per animal, with certain exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2436&version=20230AB243699INT)
2. **09/06/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2436&version=20230AB243697CHP)
3. **AB2436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2436)
4. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2436&version=20230AB243698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2436 Alanis Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2436 Alanis By Grove — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alanis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5477.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5293.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccccb307-71d3-4ffd-89f1-c46a35856fdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).