CA AB 2010

introduced

Veterinary medicine: veterinary surgery premises: spay and neuter services.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, establishes the California Veterinary Medical Board to license and regulate the practice of veterinary medicine. The act requires all premises where veterinary medicine, veterinary dentistry, or veterinary surgery is being practiced to be kept clean and sanitary at all times and conform to minimum standards established by the board. This bill would specify that high-quality, high-volume spay or neuter services, as defined, that are either performed in a registered veterinary premises or performed by a veterinarian employed or contracted with a veterinary premises in a temporary setting are not required to take place in a facility that complies with specified standards, including a requirement for equipment for viewing radiographs.

Introduced: 2026-03-19
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-30 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-17
Read first time. To print.
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2026-02-18
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
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2026-03-19
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
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2026-04-08
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-21
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 21).
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2026-04-22
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-23
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).
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2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5181.)
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2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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2026-06-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-29
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-06-30
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Versions

02/17/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-17Compare
03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
04/22/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-22Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (19)
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Chen: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Bains: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Addis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Caloza: other
Do pass.
2026-05-13 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Pacheco: yes
- Krell: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
AB 2010 Soria Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Garcia: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-15 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Strickland: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Niello: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Caballero: yes

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