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type: "Bill"
title: "Livestock carcasses: disposal: composting."
description: "Existing law prohibits a dead animal hauler or any other person from transporting a dead animal to any place, other than to certain specified facilities or destinations, unless a certain waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 411"
citation: "California AB 411 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livestockcarcasses", "composting", "disposal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83405bed-b168-44a8-b8f8-db0bf05d281b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411"
source_hash: "88cc6cf5e79cda9bd4fbe0a514ecb0f82d9a60410832ff1cc518525b69489b24"
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 411 (20252026) — Livestock carcasses: disposal: composting.
Existing law prohibits a dead animal hauler or any other person from transporting a dead animal to any place, other than to certain specified facilities or destinations, unless a certain waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/04/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411&version=20250AB41199INT)
2. **02/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411&version=20250AB41198AMD)
3. **04/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411&version=20250AB41197AMD)
4. **04/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411&version=20250AB41196AMD)
5. **07/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411&version=20250AB41195AMD)
6. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411&version=20250AB41193CHP)
7. **AB411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411)
8. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB411&version=20250AB41194ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **50** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **140** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB411 Papan et al. By Blakespear — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 411 Papan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 411 Papan Assembly Third Reading — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Papan — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1826.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2612.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3105.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 613, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83405bed-b168-44a8-b8f8-db0bf05d281b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).