republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: veterinary medicine: spay and neuter techniques."
description: "Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law vests the University of California with exclusive jurisdiction in public higher education over instruction in the profession of law and over graduate instruction in the professions of medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1233"
citation: "California SB 1233 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education", "spay and neuter techniques", "veterinary medicine"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be647b5-ac3a-41db-b4a8-856bc3f2150d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1233"
source_hash: "4ad32380f4f539b7be430c5e1283eadb7fa973a4728f91e9a0ad7cd7532792ea"
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 SB 1233 (20232024) — Postsecondary education: veterinary medicine: spay and neuter techniques.

Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law vests the University of California with exclusive jurisdiction in public higher education over instruction in the profession of law and over graduate instruction in the professions of medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1233&version=20230SB123399INT)
2. **04/02/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1233&version=20230SB123398AMD)
3. **05/16/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1233&version=20230SB123397AMD)
4. **08/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1233&version=20230SB123396AMD)
5. **09/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1233&version=20230SB123394CHP)
6. **SB1233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1233)
7. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1233&version=20230SB123395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1233 Wilk Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1233 Wilk Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3559.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2024-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3698.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3976.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4210.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6887.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5730.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 613, 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/1be647b5-ac3a-41db-b4a8-856bc3f2150d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).