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BILL NO.
AUTHOR(S)
SUBJECT
STATUS
TAC'S ACTION
S.C.R. 61
Introduced
7/8/2013
Cathleen Galgiani (D-5)
Stockton
As introduced, SCR 61 would declare a shelter pet
as the Official State Pet:
"WHEREAS, There are currently around eight
million abandoned pets living in animal shelters in
the United States; and
WHEREAS, Three to four million of these dogs and
cats are euthanized every year; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature seeks to raise public
awareness of shelter animals; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California,
the Assembly thereof concurring, That the
Legislature hereby declares a shelter pet as the
official State Pet; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit
copies of this resolution to the author for
appropriate distribution."
Amended in Senate, August 21, 2013 changes
Title and details
and subject to designation of
October as
"Shelter Pet Awareness Month"
This measure would declare Shelter Pet
Awareness Month. This measure would declare
October of each year as Shelter Pet Awareness
Month.
WHEREAS, Each year, between 700,000 and
800,000 animals are taken in by California’s
public and private shelters; and
WHEREAS, Less than half of these animals are
adopted into new homes; and
WHEREAS, Animal shelters have limited
resources and cannot accommodate all of the
animals that need help; and
WHEREAS, In the United States, three to four
million shelter pets are euthanized every year
due to overcrowding; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature seeks to promote
shelter pet adoptions by raising public
awareness of shelter animals; now, therefore, be
it Resolved by the Senate of the State of
California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That
the Legislature hereby declares the month of
October of each year as Shelter Pet Awareness
Month; and be it further Resolved, That the
Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate
distribution.
Senate Floor Analysis, August 23, 2013    
Sen Com on Governmental
Organization   

8/22 author's amendments.
Withdrawn from Committee.

Senate Floor
3rd Rdg 9/10
pass 38-0 (2V)

Assembly Com on Rules,
9/11
pass 9-0 (2)  

Assembly Floor
Consent Cal
1st Day 9/12
pass 78-0 (2V)

Enrolled  9/16

Chaptered 9/20
 
S.B. 65
Introduced
1/10/2013
Mark Leno
(D-11) San Francisco
Budget Bill
   
S.B. 307
Introduced 2/15/2013
Curran Price
(D-26) Los Angeles

(Note: Curren Price
became a City of Los
Angeles Council
Member, 9th District,
July 1.
Vacant Seat.)
As introduced, SB 307 would  amend Bus & Profs
Code Sections related to the Veterinary Medical
Board current sunset date 1/1/2014, repealing the
date and extending sunsetting to 1/1/2018.  See SB
308
Amended in Senate, April 24, 2013   details pending
Senate Com on Bus, Profs & Econ Dev Policy
Analysis, April 25, 2013  
Senate Com on Appropriations Fiscal Analysis,
May 13, 2013    
Senate Com on Appropriations Suspense Hearing
Analysis, 5/23/13
Senate Floor Analysis, May 28, 2013  
Sen Com on Bus, Profs & Econ
Dev
Hrg 4/29
Pass 10-0
Sen Approps
Hrg 5/13
SUSPENSE 5-0 (2)   pass 7-0
SENATE 3rd Rdg
6/3 to SEN INACTIVE FILE per
request, SEN Corbett 1/6/14
Died on file pursuant to Joint
Rule 56.
 
S.B. 308
Introduced 2/15/2013
Curran Price
(D-26) Los Angeles

4/18, add ASM
Member Gordon

(Note: Curren Price
became a City of Los
Angeles Council
Member, 9th District,
July 1.
Vacant Seat.)
As introduced, SB 308 would repeal the 1/1/2014
sunsetting and extended to 1/1/2018 the Business
& Professions Code provisions covering
designated professions and expressly the State
Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind.  
NOTE: SEN
PRICE IS CHAIR OF SEN COM
ON BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
The sunset review process is a legislative
process put in place to ensure that Boards are
held accountable, operate efficiently, and meet
their mission of consumer protection
Amended in Senate, April 18, 2013, as to Guide
Dogs, amends B&P Code Sec. Section 7215.6 to
extend to 1/1/18 existing law pilot project to provide
an arbitration procedure for the purpose of
resolving disputes between a guide dog user and
a licensed guide dog school and non-substantive
changes.   
Senate Com on Bus, Profs & Econ Dev Policy
Analysis, April 25, 2013  
Amended in Senate, May 2, 2013   as to Guide Dog
provisions, added word "arbitration" to B&P Code
Sec 7215.6.  (g)(2) re hearings.  

Sen Com on Bus, Profs & Econ
Dev
Hrg 4/29   
pass 10-0
SEN Approps Hrg 5/20
SUSPENSE  6-0 (1)
Hrg 5/23 pass 7-0
SENATE 5/28
pass 38-0 (1,V)
Assembly, Held at Desk
8/21 Asm Approps,
SUSPENSE
8/30 Released
9/9 Pass Senate
77-0
ASM Concurrence
Enrolled
To Governor  9/18
Approved
9/23 Chaptered  
Note: Sunset Review,
ASM Com on BP&ED
3/11
S.B. 688
Introduced
2/22/2013
 
Cathleen Galgiani (D-5)
Stockton

Co-Sponsors

Board of Equalization

California Veterinary
Medical Association
SB 688 was introduced as a spot bill related to
asbestos and
amended in Senate, April 1, 2013   to
add Section 6358.3 and repeal Section 6018.1 to
the Revenue & Taxation Code, in particular, repeal
the provision that  a licensed veterinarian is a
consumer of drugs and medicines used or
furnished by the veterinarian in the performance of
his or her professional services (drugs taxed but
not if administered directly to animals) and add
new Section 6358.3 to exempt the
gross receipts
from these sales made by licensed veterinarians,
shelters and rescues from sales tax.  Defines for
purposes of this section, animal, drugs and
medicine, licensed veterinarian and "Nonprofit
animal welfare or rescue organization": means any
organization, formed and operated for the primary
purpose of prevention of abuse, neglect, or
exploitation of animals, that is exempt from tax
under Section 23701 as an organization described
in Section 23701d.  BOE: $10.2 million  
annual revenue loss for both the state and local  
governments,  representing statewide loss of $5.2
million and a local government loss of at least $5
million depending on the additional transactions
and use tax in that jurisdiction.  Sponsors argue
reduced costs to pet owners, diminished
avoidance of treatment and use of low cost,
unregulated drug sellers.  
Senate Com on  Government & Finance Policy
Analysis, May 8, 2013   
Amended in Senate May 14, 2013    
Senate Com on Appropriations Fiscal Analysis,
May 20, 2013      
Senate Com on Appropriations, Suspense Hearing
Analysis 5/23/13
SEN Com on Government &
Finance Hrg 5/8
pass 7-0     
SEN Approps
Hrg 5/20
SUSPENSE  6-0 (1)  
5/23  
HELD

2/3/14
Returned to Secretary of
Senate pursuant to Joint Rule
 
S.B. 711
Introduced 2/22/2013
Alex Padilla
(D-20) San Fernando
Valley
As introduced, SB 711 makes a technical,
non-substantive amendment to Health and Safety
Code Section 121595, rabies law.  
Sen Com on Rules
1/6/14 gut/amend
different subject
SPOT BILL
S.B. 822  
Introduced 3/20/2013  
Com on Bus, Profs,
Econ Dev






Delete Sen Price
Add Sen Lieu, new
Chair
As introduced, SB 822 would amend Business &
Professions Code provisions related to current
sunsetting boards reviewed this year.  As to the
State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind, SB 822
deleted the requirement that the Board hold regular
meetings and other non-substantive provisions
including deleting the term "seeing eye dog".
Amended in Senate, April 23, 2013 - unrelated
amendments except non-substantive change to
Sec. 7210 changing "such" to "guide" dog.
Sen Com on Bus, Profs & Econ Dev Policy
Analysis, April 25, 2013  
Senate Floor Analysis, May 15, 2013   
Amended in Senate, June 12, 2013, releated to
Guide Dogs  
Assembly Com on Bus, Profs & Cons Prot, Policy
Analysis, June 17, 2013
Assembly Committee on Appropriations Fiscal
Analysis, July 2, 2013  

Assembly Floor Analysis, August 7, 2013    
Amended in Assembly, August 19, 2013

Assembly Floor Analysis, August 21, 2013   (re 8/19
amendment)


Senate Concurrence Analysis, August 28, 2013    
Sen Com on Bus., Profs & Econ
Dev
Hrg 4/29
pass 9-0 (1)    
Sen Approps
Hrg 5/13  
Rule 28.8
SEN Flr - Special Consent
Calendar
No. 5 - 5/20
pass 36-0 (3, V)
ASM Com on Bus, Profs & Cons
Prot.
Hrg 6/18  
12-0 (1)
ASM Approps  7/3
pass 17-0  
ASSEMBLY Floor
3rd Rdg  8/19
pass 52-24 (2, 2Vs)
Amend by Bonilla
3rd Rdg 8/26
pass 75-1(2, 2V)
Senate Unfinished Business,
Concurrence 8/30
pass 37-0 (2, V)
9/3 Enrolled
9/20 Approved by Governor
Chaptered
 
         
A.B. 5
Introduced
1/3/2012
Tom Ammiano
(D-17) San Francisco
As introduced, AB 5 would create the "Homeless
Person's Bill of Rights and Fairness Act."  and
includes among its legislative findings, a recital: "(f)
Homeless persons are often forced to separate
from loved ones,
give up their personal property, abandon pets, and
make other
inhumane choices in order to access even minimal
shelter."
Amended in Assembly, April 8, 2013
Assembly Com on Judiciary Policy Analysis, April
23, 2013   
Amended in Assembly, April 30, 2013        
Assembly Com on Appropriations Fiscal Analysis,
May 15, 2013       
ASM Com on Judiciary Hrg 4/9
4/23  
pass  7-3
ASM Approps
Hrg 5/15
SUSPENSE
Hrg 5/24  HELD
2/3/14
From committee: Filed with the
Chief Clerk pursuant to
Joint Rule 56.
 
A.B. 73
Introduced 1/10/2013
Bob Blumenfeld
(D-45) Van Nuys
As introduced, AB 73 is this year's Assembly
Budget Bill.  The item of interest regards the
Hayden bill: Pursuant to the provisions of Section
17581 of the Government Code, the mandates
identified in the following schedule are specifically
identified by the Legislature for suspension during
the 2013-14 fiscal year:  “(f)   Animal Adoption (Ch.
752, Stats. 1998; and Ch. 313, Stats. 2004) (04-
PGA-01, 98-TC-11)
Background documents, 2012 Bill Table   
NOTE: For our purpose, we
will only track this animal
provision.  
 
A.B. 265
Introduced 2/7/2013
Mike Gatto (D-43) Los
Angeles
As introduced, AB 265  provide immunity from civil
liability for damages inflicted by dogs at dog parks
operated by local governments.  
Author's  Press Release    
Amended in Assembly, March 13, 2013  adds
special districts to exempted public entities and
expands liability for injury to "pet" rather than "other
dog" and expressly does not include in this
immunity creating or maintaining a dangerous
condition of public property.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary Policy Analysis,
April 2, 2013     
Amended in Assembly, April 29, 2013 to eliminate
language about a "dangerous condition" and add
reference to negligence that may otherwise exist
under the law.  
Assembly Com on Local Government Policy
Anlaysis, May 7, 2013   
Assembly Floor Analysis, May 17, 2013    
Amended in Senate, June 10, 2013 to substitute
"public entity" for individual references.  
Senate Com on Judiciary Policy Analysis, June 17,
2013     
Senate Floor Analysis, June 24, 2013  
Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Analysis,              
ASM Com on Judiciary     Hrg 4/2
Pass 9-0 (1)
To ASM Com on Local Gov   Hrg
5/8
pass 8-0 (1)
ASM Floor, Consent
Calendar 2nd Day
5/17pass
75-0(3,2V)
SEN Com on Judiciary Hrg 6/11
cancelled @author request, Hrg
6/18
pass 6/1 (1)
SEN Consent Cal
2nd Day 6/24
Pass 39-0 (V)
ASSEMBLY, Sen Amendments
Concurred in, 6/27
Enrolled 7/1
8/1 to Governor
8/12 Approved
8/12
Chaptered   
 
A.B. 272
Introduced 2/7/2013
Jimmy Gomez (D-51)
Echo Park (NE LA)




















ADD Senator
Anderson (R-36)
As introduced, AB 272 would amend Health &
Safety Code Sec 121690 to lower the age for dog
rabies vaccination from "after" 4 months to "after" 3
months of age and 2 other non-substantive
changes.  
Assembly Com on Agriculture Policy Analysis,
March 13, 2013
Assembly Com on Appropriations Fiscal Analysis,
April 10, 2013     
Assembly Floor Analysis, April 17, 2013   

Amended in Assembly, April 18, 2013 to add new
Section1, "This act shall be known and may be
cited as Cujo's Law."  Renumbered original
sections 1 and 2 as 2 and 3.  No substantive
changes.  

Amended in Assembly, April 19, 2013, returning bill
to original version.  
Assembly Floor Analysis, April 19, 2013   


Amended in Senate, May 28, 2013 to add words,
"Every dog owner, after his or her dog attains the
age of three  
or four  months..."

Senate Com on Health, Policy Analysis, June 24,
2013    


Amended in Senate, July 2, 2013 to again change
the age of dog rabies vaccination to
"by the time
his or her dog
attains the age of four
months" and add "and administered according to
the vaccine label" thus removing reference to "3"
months but mandating vaccination
by 4 months
instead of current "after dog attains four
months"
which allows individual flexibility in
separating rabies from other vaccinations and
maintain consistency with local ordinance
terminology.  

Amended in Senate, August 20, 2013 to amend
Health and Safety Code Section 121690(b)(1) to
"Every dog owner,  
after his or her dog attains the
age of
 three months or older, shall, at intervals of
time not more often than once a year, as may be
prescribed by the department, procure its
vaccination by a licensed veterinarian with a canine
antirabies vaccine approved by the department and
administered according to the vaccine label,
unless a licensed veterinarian determines, on an
annual basis, that a rabies vaccination would
endanger the dog’s life due to disease or other
considerations that the veterinarian can verify and
document. The responsible city, county, or city and
county may specify the means by which the dog
owner is required to provide proof of his or her dog’
s rabies vaccination, including, but not limited to, by
electronic transmission or facsimile."
Senate Floor Analysis, August 21, 2013     
ASM:
Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Analysis, 9/5/13  
ASM Com on Ag
Hearing 3/13
passed 7-0
HEARING AUDIO
ASM Approps    
Hrg 4/10
pass 17-0
ASM Consent
1st Day - 4/15
Floor
3rd Rdg 4/18
Rule 69 suspended
to 3rd Rdg
Re-referred RLS,
Rule 77.2    
Com on Rls Suspend Jnt Rule
62 (a)  
10-0, to Consent
Calendar
ASM Floor Consent
Cal  2nd  Day 4/25
pass 76-0 (3, 1 vac)
Sen Com on Health
Hrg 6/5, cancelled @author
request
Hrg 6/19, cancelled @Com
request
Hrg 6/26
HEARING AUDIO
passed out 9-0
SEN Approps 8/12
cancelled, author
8/19  
Rule 28.8
SEN Floor 3rd Rdg
9/3
pass 38-0 (1, V)
Assembly
Concurrence in Senate
Amendments 9/6
pass 75-0 (3, 2V)

Enrolled 9/12
9/23 To Governor
10/5 Approved by Governor
10/5
Chaptered

















OPPOSE 5/28/13
OPPOSE 5/29/13
A.B. 339
Introduced 2/13/2013
Roger Dickinson (D-7)
Sacramento

Source: Born Free
USA,
State Humane
Association of
California  




















Add 6/16 ASM
Co-author Mansoor,
SEN Co-authors
Block, Hill
As introduced, AB 339 would amend Penal Code
Section 597.4 to include "at a swap meet as
defined in Section 21661 of the Business and
Professions Code" as a venue prohibited for
offering to sell/give away, etc. animals, subject to
exceptions.  Swap meets had been amended out
of AB 1122 in 2009 as statutory provisions and
ownership negated legislative intent to identify
sellers/offerors of animals and venue.  
See
SB 917 (Lieu)  2011        AB 1122 (Lieu),
2009        
Assembly Committee on Public Safety Policy
Analysis, April 2, 2013         
Assembly Com on Appropriations Fiscal Analysis,
April 10, 2013   
Amended in Assembly, May 6, 2013  to delete
Penal Code amendments and create a new
Chapter 10 in Health & Safety Code Part 6 of
Division 105 starting at Sec. 122370 (following
Chapter 9, Pet Store Animal Care), civil law
applicable to swap meet operators, punishable as
infractions subject to monetary fines, allowing
animal sales at swap meets only if the local
jurisdiction has adopted an enabling ordinance,
subject to specifications and has not adopted an
ordinance prohibiting sale of a particular species
prior to 1/1/13.  The express, conditioned
exemptions stated in PC Section 597.4 are
repeated here.  
Assembly Com on Appropriations Fiscal Analysis,
May 6, 2013  
Assembly Floor Analysis, May 15, 2013   
Amended in Assembly, May 16, 2013 to add to
proposed Health & Safety Code Sec 122372
detailing new civil offense for swap meet operators,
new language, "(a)(3)    (3) Nothing in paragraph
(2) shall preclude punishment under any other
provision of law, including, but not limited to, laws
prohibiting the abuse or neglect of animals in the
Health and Safety Code or the Penal Code."
Assembly Floor Analysis, May 17, 2013 Senate
Com on Public Safety
Amended in Senate, June 12, 2013 to remove
qualification to offense that  "violation either causes
or permits any animal to suffer or be injured, or
causes or permits any animal to be placed in a
situation in which its life or health may be
endangered"
Policy Analysis, June 17, 2013  
Amended in Senate, June 25, 2013 to reduce
penalties from $250 to $100 for first offense and
from $1000 to $500 for second/subsequent.
Senate Floor Analysis, August 13, 2013  
Assembly Concurrence Analysis, August 21, 2012   
ASM Com on Public Safety
Hrg 3/19  cancelled,
author request
4/2
HEARING AUDIO
Passed 6-0 (1)
ASM Approps
Hrg 4/10 postponed by Com
Hrg 5/8
pass 12-3(2)
ASM Floor 3rd Rdg
5/23 pass
63-10 (5, 2V)  


SEN Com on Public Safety
Hrg 6/18
pass 5-1 (1)











SEN Approps  8/12
Rule 28.8

SEN 3rd Rdg  8/19
Pass 30-4 (5, V)
Assembly, Concurrence  8/21
pass 64-23 (2,2Vs)
Enrolled 8/27
8/29 to Governor
9/6 Approved
9/6
Chaptered

This chapter shall become
operative on January 1, 2016
Reference:
CA Bus & Profs
Code
Sec 21660
et seq  
A.B. 343
Introduced 2/13/2013
Jim Patterson (R-23)
Fresno
3/18 add co-authors:
ASM
Achadjian, Bigelow,
Dahle,  Maienschein
SEN Nielsen
As introduced, AB 343 would make
non-substantive changes to Food & Agricultural
Code Section 16441 covering penalties related to
finding a stray domestic animal on one's
premises.  
As amended in Assembly, March 18, 2013  adds to
Food & Ag Code, Division 9, Part 1, new Chapter 9,
Section 17200 et seq.
Becomes an "Ag Gag" bill.  
Amended in Assembly, April 11, 2013   
Assembly Com on Public Safety Policy Analysis,
April 15, 2013  
Dual referred: ASM Com on Ag &
Com on Pub Safety
Ag Hrg 4/17
Canceled, author request
SPOT BILL
A.B. 383
Introduced
2/14/2013
Donald Wagner
(R-68)  Irvine
Vice-Chair
ASM Judiciary
Committee
As introduced, AB 383 is this year's Assembly
maintenance of the codes bill that would make
numerous non-substantive changes to statutes in
accordance with recommendations of Leg
Counsel.  
Amended in Senate, April 23, 2013  
Amended in Senate, May 28, 2013        
Senate Com on Judiciary Policy Analysis, June 24,
2013     
Assembly Analysis: Concurrence in Senate
Amendments, July 2, 2013
Asm Com on Jud
Hrg 4/2, ASM Floor 4/8 75-0 (1)
SEN Com on Jud
Hrg 6/25, 7-0
SEN Consent  
2nd day, 7/1
pass 33-0 (5, 2V)
Assembly, Concurrence on/after
7/3
pass 72-1 (5, 2V)
Enrolled 7/10
8/1 to Governor
8/12 Approved
8/12 Chaptered
 
A.B. 1045
Introduced 2/22/2013
Bob Blumenfeld
(D-45) Van Nuys, 4/22
delete, add ASM
Quirk-Silva
As introduced, AB 1045 would make
non-substantive changes to numerous code
sections replacing "pound" with "animal shelter"
and "destroy" or "dispose of" with "euthanize" or
variants.  
See 2011-2012 AB 1279 (Fletcher)    
Amended in Assembly April 22, 2013 - Gut/Amend
to non-animal topic regarding Pharmacy provisions
of B&P Code.  
ASM Com on Bus, Profs & Econ
Dev
Hrg 5/7

Discontinue
Tracking 4/23  
Note: Blumenfeld
will be leaving
Assembly
A.B. 1252
Introduced
2/22/2013
ASM Com on
Health
As introduced, AB 1252 would make amendments
to California Health and Safety Code, Division 104
Environmental Health, Part 7 California Retail Food
Code pertaining to aspects of cleanliness
including amending Sec. 113903 to revise the
definition of "service animal" (pertaining to these
food establishments).  The existing definition is:
"an animal such as a guide dog, signal dog, or
other animal
individually trained to provide assistance to an
individual with a
disability."  AB 1252 would revise the definition as
"any dog that is individually trained to do work or
perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a
disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric,
intellectual, or other mental disability. "Service
animal" does not include any other   species of
animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or
untrained  .
(b) The work or tasks performed by a service
animal shall be
directly related to the individual's disability.
Examples of work or
tasks include, but are not limited to, assisting
individuals who are
blind or have low vision with navigation and other
tasks, alerting
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to the
presence of people
or sounds, providing nonviolent protection or
rescue work, pulling a
wheelchair, assisting an individual during a
seizure, alerting
individuals to the presence of allergens, retrieving
items such as
medicine or the telephone, providing physical
support and assistance
with balance and stability to individuals with
mobility disabilities,
and helping persons with psychiatric and
neurological disabilities
by preventing or interrupting impulsive or
destructive behaviors. The
crime deterrent effects of an animal's presence
and the provision of
emotional support, well-being, comfort, or
companionship do not
constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this
subdivision."
See
American Bar Association Resolution
definition.  Press Release.
Assembly Committee on Health Policy Analysis,
April 2, 2013
Amended in Assembly, April 10, 2013 deleting
provision re toilets.  
Assembly Com on Appropriations Fiscal Analysis,
April 17, 2013    
Senate Com on Health, Policy Analysis, June 24,
2013    
Amended in Senate, July 2, 2013 to add definition
of “Highly susceptible population”.  
Senate Floor Analysis, August 13, 2013
Senate Floor Analysis, August 16, 2013  
Amended in Senate, August, 20, 2013, pertaining to
service "animals", amends Health and Safety Code
Section 113903:  (a)“Service animal” means any
dog that is individually trained to do work or perform
tasks for the benefit of an individual with a
disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric,
intellectual, or other mental disability,
or that is in
training to do that work or perform those tasks
.  
“Service animal” does not include any other
species of animals, whether wild or domestic,
trained or untrained.
(b)The work or tasks performed by a service animal
shall
include assisting individuals who are blind or
have low vision with navigation and other tasks,
alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing
to the presence of people or sounds, providing
nonviolent protection or rescue work, pulling a
wheelchair, assisting an individual during a
seizure, alerting individuals to the presence of
allergens, retrieving items such as medicine or the
telephone, providing physical support and
assistance with balance and stability to individuals
with mobility disabilities,
or helping persons with
psychiatric and neurological disabilities by
preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive
behaviors. The crime deterrent effects of an animal’
s presence and the provision of emotional support,
well-being, comfort, or companionship do not
constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this
subdivision.
Senate Floor Analysis, August 21, 2013 (re 8/20
amendments)  
Assembly Analysis, Concurrence in Senate
Amendments, 9/9/2013
ASM Com on Health    Hrg 4/2
Pass 18-0 (1)
To Com on Approps,
recommend Consent
4/17
pass 17-0
ASM Consent Cal 2nd day - 4/25
pass 76-0 (3, 1 vac)
Sen Com on Health
Hrg 6/5, cancelled @author
request,
Hrg 6/26

passed out 9-0
Recommend Consent





SEN Approps 7/11
Rule 28.8











SENATE Floor
3rd Rdg - 9/6
pass 39-0 (1V)

9/9 Assembly Concurrence
pass 76-0 (2, 2V)


Enrolled 9/12

9/23 to Governor
10/4 Approved by Governor
Chaptered