CA SB 312
enactedDog importation: health certificates.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 312 pass?
Yes. CA SB 312 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-09. Latest recorded action (2025-10-09): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 312 about?
Existing law requires a person seeking to bring a dog into this state, or importing a dog into this state, for the purpose of resale or change of ownership to obtain a health certificate with respect to the dog that has been completed by a licensed veterinarian and is dated within 10 days before the date on which the dog is brought into the state. Existing law requires the person to submit the health certificate to the applicable county health department, as specified. This bill would repeal the above-described requirements, and would instead require a person selling, transporting, or importing a dog into the state for the purpose of resale or change of ownership to obtain, and submit to the Department of Food and Agriculture and the buyer, a health certificate for the dog that has been completed by a licensed veterinarian and is dated no more than 10 days before the date on which the dog is brought into the state, as specified. The bill would require that the health certificate contain specified information. The bill would designate the health certificate as a public record, and require the department to retain a health certificate for 5 years. Under existing law, a violation of the Food and Agricultural Code is a misdemeanor, except as specified. Because the requirements of this bill would be part of the Food and Agricultural Code, the violation of which would be a crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA SB 312?
Umberg is the primary sponsor of CA SB 312, joined by 9 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law requires a person seeking to bring a dog into this state, or importing a dog into this state, for the purpose of resale or change of ownership to obtain a health certificate with respect to the dog that has been completed by a licensed veterinarian and is dated within 10 days before the date on which the dog is brought into the state. Existing law requires the person to submit the health certificate to the applicable county health department, as specified. This bill would repeal the above-described requirements, and would instead require a person selling, transporting, or importing a dog into the state for the purpose of resale or change of ownership to obtain, and submit to the Department of Food and Agriculture and the buyer, a health certificate for the dog that has been completed by a licensed veterinarian and is dated no more than 10 days before the date on which the dog is brought into the state, as specified. The bill would require that the health certificate contain specified information. The bill would designate the health certificate as a public record, and require the department to retain a health certificate for 5 years. Under existing law, a violation of the Food and Agricultural Code is a misdemeanor, except as specified. Because the requirements of this bill would be part of the Food and Agricultural Code, the violation of which would be a crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-10
- Latest action
- 2025-10-09 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Umbergauthor
- Wienercoauthor
- Haneycoauthor
- Bennettprincipal coauthor
- Bermanprincipal coauthor
- Kalraprincipal coauthor
- Allencoauthor
- Cervantescoauthor
- Sterncoauthor
- Cortesecoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-10
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-11
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
2025-02-19
Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and AGRI.
referral-committee
2025-03-18
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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2025-04-07
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 680.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-05-01
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 932.) (April 29).
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2025-05-05
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-09
Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19
May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1195.) (May 23).
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2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1301.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and AGRI.
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2025-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-07-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-16
July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-08
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3000.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-08
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2829.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-17
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-10-09
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-09
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 480, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture]
2025-04-07 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Choi: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: yes
- Strickland: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- McNerney: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Padilla: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-19 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: other
- Dahle: other
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading SB312 Umberg et al.
2025-05-28 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture]
2025-06-24 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Alanis: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Krell: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Flora: yes
- Chen: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Bains: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-02 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Alanis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Soria: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
Do pass as amended.
2025-08-29 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Sanchez: other
- Ta: other
- Tangipa: other
- Dixon: other
SB 312 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Bennett
2025-09-08 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Nguyen: other
- Flora: other
Unfinished Business SB312 Umberg et al. Concurrence
2025-09-10 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Jones: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Limón: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Choi: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
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