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type: "Bill"
title: "Pets: sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits."
description: "Existing law, the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, requires pet dealers, as defined, to disclose at the time of sale of a dog or cat specified information, including, among others, the source of the dog or cat, a record of known diseases or illnesses afflicting the dog or cat, and a record of immunizations or inoculations, worming treatments, veterinarian treatment, or medications received by the dog or cat. Existing law, the Polanco-Lockyer Pet Breeder Warranty Act, requires dog breeders to disclose, among other things, the aforementioned medical information to purchasers. Existing law makes a person who violates these provisions liable for civil penalties, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 506"
citation: "California AB 506 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pets", "salesofdogs", "cats", "andrabbits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48c19d5a-b82e-4fd6-930b-8243c3418125"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506"
source_hash: "d7c9e45f486722f4c44acdf48faa4127503d9d5d11f81b33bc1f7992c09317d2"
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 506 (20252026) — Pets: sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits.
Existing law, the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, requires pet dealers, as defined, to disclose at the time of sale of a dog or cat specified information, including, among others, the source of the dog or cat, a record of known diseases or illnesses afflicting the dog or cat, and a record of immunizations or inoculations, worming treatments, veterinarian treatment, or medications received by the dog or cat. Existing law, the Polanco-Lockyer Pet Breeder Warranty Act, requires dog breeders to disclose, among other things, the aforementioned medical information to purchasers. Existing law makes a person who violates these provisions liable for civil penalties, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506&version=20250AB50699INT)
2. **04/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506&version=20250AB50698AMD)
3. **04/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506&version=20250AB50697AMD)
4. **06/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506&version=20250AB50696AMD)
5. **06/19/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506&version=20250AB50695AMD)
6. **07/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506&version=20250AB50694AMD)
7. **10/09/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506&version=20250AB50692CHP)
8. **AB506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506)
9. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB506&version=20250AB50693ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **130** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **180** (pass) · lower
- AB 506 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — **712** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **90** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **120** (pass) · lower
- AB 506 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **704** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **110** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB506 Bennett et al. By Umberg — **362** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Berman — principal coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-03-20** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-04-08** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 22). `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 11. 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 71. Noes 2. Page 1833.) `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 B. P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-10** 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 36. Noes 2. Page 2613.). `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 70. Noes 4. Page 3107.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 477, 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/48c19d5a-b82e-4fd6-930b-8243c3418125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).