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CA AB 463

enacted

Emergency medical services: dogs and cats.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 463 pass?

Yes. CA AB 463 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 463 about?

Existing law authorizes a private ambulance owner to operate an emergency ambulance service upon obtaining a license from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as specified. This bill would authorize those license holders or a person who operates ambulances owned or operated by a fire department of a federally recognized Indian tribe to transport a police canine, as defined, or a search and rescue dog, as defined, that is injured in the line of duty, to a veterinary clinic or similar facility if there is no other person requiring medical attention or transport at that time. The bill would require an ambulance operator, except as specified, that provides transport to police canines or search and rescue dogs injured in the line of duty to develop policies regarding the transport of these dogs. The bill would require these policies to be submitted to, and approved by, the local emergency medical services agency. Existing law requires emergency services and care to be provided to any person requesting the services or care, as specified. Existing law authorizes an emergency responder to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats, as specified, and exempts from civil liability specified emergency personnel who, in good faith and not for compensation, render emergency medical or nonmedical care, including to dogs and cats, at the scene of an emergency, as specified, resulting from any act or omission. This bill would authorize an emergency responder to provide basic first aid to a police canine or search and rescue dog that is injured in the line of duty while the police canine or search and rescue dog is being transported to a veterinary clinic or similar facility, and would exempt that person from civil or criminal liability if they act in good faith and not for compensation to provide basic first aid to an injured police canine or search and rescue dog while the police canine or search and rescue dog is being transported to a veterinary clinic or similar facility, subject to a specified limitation. Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to practice veterinary medicine unless the person holds a valid license, as specified, subject to specified exemptions, including that an emergency responder may provide basic first aid to dogs and cats, as defined, to the extent that the provision of that care is not prohibited by the responder's employer. This bill would make clarifying changes to those provisions authorizing an emergency provider to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

Who sponsors CA AB 463?

Michelle Rodriguez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 463, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law authorizes a private ambulance owner to operate an emergency ambulance service upon obtaining a license from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as specified. This bill would authorize those license holders or a person who operates ambulances owned or operated by a fire department of a federally recognized Indian tribe to transport a police canine, as defined, or a search and rescue dog, as defined, that is injured in the line of duty, to a veterinary clinic or similar facility if there is no other person requiring medical attention or transport at that time. The bill would require an ambulance operator, except as specified, that provides transport to police canines or search and rescue dogs injured in the line of duty to develop policies regarding the transport of these dogs. The bill would require these policies to be submitted to, and approved by, the local emergency medical services agency. Existing law requires emergency services and care to be provided to any person requesting the services or care, as specified. Existing law authorizes an emergency responder to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats, as specified, and exempts from civil liability specified emergency personnel who, in good faith and not for compensation, render emergency medical or nonmedical care, including to dogs and cats, at the scene of an emergency, as specified, resulting from any act or omission. This bill would authorize an emergency responder to provide basic first aid to a police canine or search and rescue dog that is injured in the line of duty while the police canine or search and rescue dog is being transported to a veterinary clinic or similar facility, and would exempt that person from civil or criminal liability if they act in good faith and not for compensation to provide basic first aid to an injured police canine or search and rescue dog while the police canine or search and rescue dog is being transported to a veterinary clinic or similar facility, subject to a specified limitation. Existing law makes it unlawful for any person to practice veterinary medicine unless the person holds a valid license, as specified, subject to specified exemptions, including that an emergency responder may provide basic first aid to dogs and cats, as defined, to the extent that the provision of that care is not prohibited by the responder's employer. This bill would make clarifying changes to those provisions authorizing an emergency provider to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-08-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Michelle Rodriguezauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-08-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-08-28

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-08-25

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-08-18

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2652.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-07-17

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-07-17

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-07-15

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  8. 2025-07-14

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

    committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  9. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-06-13

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  11. 2025-06-12

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11).

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  12. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-05-15

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2025-05-15

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.)

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  15. 2025-05-08

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  16. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).

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  17. 2025-04-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-04-24

    Read second time and amended.

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  19. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  20. 2025-04-03

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-04-02

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

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  22. 2025-04-02

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  23. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  24. 2025-03-17

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

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  25. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P.

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-02-07

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.

  27. 2025-02-06

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/06/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-06Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 04/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-02Compare
  • 04/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-24Compare
  • 06/13/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-13Compare
  • 08/20/25 - Enrolled — 2025-08-20Compare
  • 08/28/25 - Chaptered — 2025-08-28Compare
  • AB463Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-22 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Chen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Addis: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • AB 463 Michelle Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-15 · pass · 69-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Hart: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Caloza: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ramos: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-11 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: other
    • Weber Pierson: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-01 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Niello: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB463 Michelle Rodriguez

    2025-07-17 · pass · 35-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: other
    • Becker: other
    • Padilla: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other

  • AB 463 Michelle Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-08-18 · pass · 76-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bonta: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other

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