CA AB 1382
in committeeEthics Over Aesthetics Act.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1382 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 1382 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 1382 about?
Existing law generally regulates the importation of wild animals into the state and the sale of dogs, cats, and birds. Existing law requires a person seeking to bring or import a dog into the state for purposes of resale or change of ownership to obtain a health certificate for that dog, as specified. Existing law requires a breeder of dogs to disclose to a purchaser of a dog certain information, including the breed, sex, color, and identifying marks at the time of sale, a record of inoculations and worming treatments administered, and whether the dog has any known disease, illness, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects its health, as specified. This bill would prohibit, except as specified, a person from importing for profit, selling, or offering for sale in this state a transgenic pet animal that possesses a cosmetic transgenic trait, as specified. The bill would provide that each transgenic pet animal imported for profit, sold, or offered for sale in this state in violation of that prohibition is a separate violation and is punishable by a civil penalty of not less than $5,000. The bill would authorize the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, or the city attorney of the city in which the violation occurred, to bring an action to enforce that prohibition, as specified.
Who sponsors CA AB 1382?
Castillo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1382, joined by 4 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law generally regulates the importation of wild animals into the state and the sale of dogs, cats, and birds. Existing law requires a person seeking to bring or import a dog into the state for purposes of resale or change of ownership to obtain a health certificate for that dog, as specified. Existing law requires a breeder of dogs to disclose to a purchaser of a dog certain information, including the breed, sex, color, and identifying marks at the time of sale, a record of inoculations and worming treatments administered, and whether the dog has any known disease, illness, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects its health, as specified. This bill would prohibit, except as specified, a person from importing for profit, selling, or offering for sale in this state a transgenic pet animal that possesses a cosmetic transgenic trait, as specified. The bill would provide that each transgenic pet animal imported for profit, sold, or offered for sale in this state in violation of that prohibition is a separate violation and is punishable by a civil penalty of not less than $5,000. The bill would authorize the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, or the city attorney of the city in which the violation occurred, to bring an action to enforce that prohibition, as specified.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Castilloauthor
- Bryancoauthor
- Dixoncoauthor
- Jonescoauthor
- Ochoa Boghcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-06-29
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-13
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D., JUD. and APPR.
referral-committee
2026-01-29
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-29
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3870.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-16
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-01-15
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 15).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-15
Coauthors revised.
2026-01-13
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-08
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3717.)
2026-01-08
(Pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)
referral-committee
2026-01-06
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
referral-committee
2026-01-05
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-23
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
referral-committee
2025-04-22
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-22
Assembly Rule 47.1 invoked. (Castillo).
2025-04-01
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
referral-committee
2025-03-28
Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-03-28
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-01-13 · pass · 17-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Pellerin: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Berman: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Chen: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Bains: yes
- Lowenthal: other
Do pass.
2026-01-15 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Papan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Stefani: yes
AB 1382 Castillo Assembly Third Reading
2026-01-29 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Chen: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bains: yes
- Haney: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Flora: yes
- Fong: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Soria: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Davies: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Arambula: other
- McKinnor: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ransom: other
- Gipson: other
- Garcia: other
- Valencia: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-01 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Wahab: yes
- Choi: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Menjivar: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
- Strickland: other
- Caballero: other
- Grayson: other
- Arreguín: yes
- Niello: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-16 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Allen: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Niello: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ashby: other
- Weber Pierson: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-06-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
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