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CA SB 1212

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Endangered wildlife: kangaroos.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 1212 pass?

No. CA SB 1212 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-04-23): April 21 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 2. Page 3981.)

What is CA SB 1212 about?

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to import into the state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state the dead body, or a part or product thereof, of a polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf, zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise, Spanish lynx, or elephant. This bill would exempt from that prohibition the import into the state for commercial purposes, possession with intent to sell, or sale within the state of kangaroos if they are harvested in accordance with Australian law, the federal Endangered Species Act, and applicable international conventions, as specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 1212?

Jones is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1212.

Description

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to import into the state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state the dead body, or a part or product thereof, of a polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf, zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise, Spanish lynx, or elephant. This bill would exempt from that prohibition the import into the state for commercial purposes, possession with intent to sell, or sale within the state of kangaroos if they are harvested in accordance with Australian law, the federal Endangered Species Act, and applicable international conventions, as specified.

Introduced
2026-02-19
Latest action
2026-04-23 — April 21 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 2. Page 3981.)
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jonesauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-23

    April 21 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 2. Page 3981.)

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  2. 2026-04-10

    Set for hearing April 21.

  3. 2026-04-08

    Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  4. 2026-03-25

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  5. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  6. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  7. 2026-02-19

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-21 · fail · 1-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Becker: no
    • Laird: no
    • Grove: other
    • Cabaldon: other
    • Allen: other
    • Stern: other

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1212

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