CA AB 928
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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 928 pass?
No. CA AB 928 was withdrawn and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 928 about?
Existing law prohibits a person from causing, permitting, or aiding or abetting the fighting, worrying, or injuring of a cock. Existing law provides that a violation of this provision is a misdemeanor, as provided. Existing law generally regulates the production of poultry, eggs, and egg products. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from keeping more than 25 roosters that are movement constrained through the use of an enclosure or tether, except as specified. The bill would subject a person who violates this prohibition to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation, as provided, and would provide that each day a rooster is kept in violation of that prohibition constitutes a separate and distinct violation. The bill would require, before a civil action is brought to recover this civil penalty, a written notice to be provided granting a minimum of 14 days to correct the violation, as provided. The bill would require any civil penalties recovered pursuant to these provisions to be paid to the county in which the civil action was brought. The bill would define, among other terms, "rooster" and "enclosure" for purposes of these provisions.
Who sponsors CA AB 928?
Rogers is the primary sponsor of CA AB 928.
Description
Existing law prohibits a person from causing, permitting, or aiding or abetting the fighting, worrying, or injuring of a cock. Existing law provides that a violation of this provision is a misdemeanor, as provided. Existing law generally regulates the production of poultry, eggs, and egg products. This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from keeping more than 25 roosters that are movement constrained through the use of an enclosure or tether, except as specified. The bill would subject a person who violates this prohibition to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation, as provided, and would provide that each day a rooster is kept in violation of that prohibition constitutes a separate and distinct violation. The bill would require, before a civil action is brought to recover this civil penalty, a written notice to be provided granting a minimum of 14 days to correct the violation, as provided. The bill would require any civil penalties recovered pursuant to these provisions to be paid to the county in which the civil action was brought. The bill would define, among other terms, "rooster" and "enclosure" for purposes of these provisions.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-18
- Latest action
- 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Rogersauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-06-10
Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-06-04
Withdrawn from committee.
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2026-06-04
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-06-02
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-07-01
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-18
Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-06-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 15. Page 2083.)
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2025-06-02
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1952.)
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (May 23).
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2025-04-30
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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2025-04-10
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-09
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-08
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 8).
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2025-03-27
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-03-19
Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-03-18
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-10
Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-03-26 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (8)
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Soria: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Hadwick: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-08 · pass · 10-1
Member-level votes (12)
- Dixon: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 9-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Pacheco: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
- Calderon: other
AB 928 Rogers Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 46-15
Member-level votes (79)
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ward: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Berman: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Haney: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Soria: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hart: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patel: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Dixon: no
- Alanis: no
- Patterson: no
- Ta: no
- Sanchez: no
- Chen: no
- Ellis: no
- Castillo: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Wallis: no
- Hoover: no
- Davies: no
- Lackey: other
- Calderon: other
- Macedo: other
- Flora: other
- Jackson: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Nguyen: other
- Alvarez: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Valencia: other
- Bonta: other
- Gallagher: other
- Bains: other
- Elhawary: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Pacheco: other
- Arambula: other
- Ortega: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-22 · pass · 7-2
Member-level votes (11)
- Niello: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
- Archuleta: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Stern: yes
- Laird: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: other
- Valladares: other
- Reyes: other
- Durazo: other
- Allen: other
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