Bill Commons

CA AB 519

enacted

Pet broker sales.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 519 pass?

Yes. CA AB 519 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-09): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 519 about?

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. 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.

Who sponsors CA AB 519?

Berman is the primary sponsor of CA AB 519, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

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. 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.

Introduced
2025-03-18
Latest action
2025-10-09 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bermanauthor
  • Bennettprincipal coauthor
  • Umbergprincipal coauthor
  • Haneycoauthor
  • Cervantescoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-09

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-09

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-08

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3016.).

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

  5. 2025-09-03

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 2429.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-07-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-07-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30).

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  9. 2025-05-28

    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.

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  10. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-05-06

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

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  12. 2025-05-05

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1422.)

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  13. 2025-04-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-04-22

    Coauthors revised.

  15. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  16. 2025-04-04

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  17. 2025-03-19

    Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

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  18. 2025-03-18

    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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  19. 2025-03-17

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  20. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Com. on B. & P.

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  21. 2025-02-11

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  22. 2025-02-10

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
  • 03/18/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-18Compare
  • 05/28/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-28Compare
  • 07/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-02Compare
  • 09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
  • 10/09/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-09Compare
  • AB519Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-22 · pass · 17-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Macedo: other

  • AB 519 Berman Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-05 · pass · 74-0

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

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-06-30 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Weber Pierson: other
    • Choi: other
    • Strickland: other
    • Grayson: other
    • Niello: other

  • 3rd Reading AB519 Berman et al. By Umberg

    2025-09-03 · pass · 31-2

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Jones: no
    • Strickland: other
    • Niello: other
    • Grove: other
    • Cortese: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Seyarto: other
    • Choi: other

  • AB 519 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-08 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Nguyen: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Ta: other

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