CaliforniaPet broker sales.
What it does
Existing law, the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, requires dealers of dogs and cats to comply with its provisions, including maintaining certain health and safety standards for pets and providing purchasers and prospective purchasers of pets, upon request, with written notice of consumer rights concerning the sale of a pet, including information about available refunds and other remedies. Existing law prohibits an online pet retailer, as defined, from offering, brokering, making a referral for, or otherwise facilitating a loan or other financing option for, the adoption or sale of a dog, cat, or a rabbit. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty.
More detail
This bill would prohibit, subject to specified exemptions, a broker from making available for adoption, selling, or offering for sale a dog under one year of age, a cat, or rabbit. The bill would define a broker as a person or business that sells, arranges, negotiates, or processes, either in person or online, the sale of dogs, cats, or rabbits bred by another for profit and would include facilitating the transfer of those animals for profit.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 9Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 9Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 15Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 8Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3016.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 519 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 3In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB519 Berman et al. By Umberg. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 3Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 2429.).Passed Senate
- Jul 2Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.Major
- Jul 1From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30).Major
- Jun 30
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- May 28From 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.Major
- May 14Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.Minor
- May 6In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 5Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1422.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 519 Berman Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 23Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 22Coauthors revised.
- Apr 4In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Mar 19Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.Minor
- Mar 18From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 17In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Feb 24Referred to Com. on B. & P.Minor
- Feb 11From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- Feb 10Read first time. To print.Introduced