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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: "Crime: animal abuse."
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description: "Existing law makes it a crime to maliciously and intentionally maim, mutilate, torture, wound, or kill a living animal. If a defendant is granted probation for a conviction of this offense, existing law requires the court to order the defendant to complete counseling designed to evaluate and treat behavior or conduct disorders."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 829"
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citation: "California AB 829 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crime", "animal abuse"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Waldron"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-13"
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last_action: "2023-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7e0604-06ac-4546-9746-52966f35323a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829"
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source_hash: "deb38d7284c2536288ea6dba39d08a855e1742d4aa0004633365072ee2fce5a8"
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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 829 (20232024) — Crime: animal abuse.
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Existing law makes it a crime to maliciously and intentionally maim, mutilate, torture, wound, or kill a living animal. If a defendant is granted probation for a conviction of this offense, existing law requires the court to order the defendant to complete counseling designed to evaluate and treat behavior or conduct disorders.
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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. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829&version=20230AB82999INT)
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2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829&version=20230AB82998AMD)
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3. **04/13/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829&version=20230AB82997AMD)
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4. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829&version=20230AB82996AMD)
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5. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829&version=20230AB82995AMD)
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6. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829&version=20230AB82993CHP)
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7. **AB829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829)
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8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB829&version=20230AB82994ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 829 Waldron Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB829 Waldron By Rubio — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 829 Waldron Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Waldron — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
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- **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** 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`
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- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13** 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`
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- **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1873.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-03** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2791.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3600.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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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/2f7e0604-06ac-4546-9746-52966f35323a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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