California Bill Updates as of 3:30 am on 6/19/09

CA AB1122 (Lieu; Coauthors: Eng and Jones)
- Animal abuse: sale of live animals

• Hearing: Tuesday 06/23/2009 - SEN Public Safety Committee

CA SB 135 (Florez; coauthors Senators DeSaulnier and Hancock)
- Animal abuse: cattle: tail docking

• Hearing: Tuesday 06/23/2009 - ASM Public Safety Committee
  

CA AB1437 (Huffman; Principal coauthors: Florez, Tom Berryhill)
- Shelled eggs: sale for human consumption: compliance ...

• Hearing: Wednesday July 1st 09 - SEN Health Committee

CA AB 241 (Nava)
- Dogs and cats: breeding for sale

• Hearing: Tuesday 06/23/2009 - SEN Public Safety Committee

CA AB242 (Nava; coauthor: Yamada) (Coauthors: Senators Cox, DeSaulnier, Florez, and Strickland)
- Dog fighting

• Referred to SEN Public Safety Committee; no hearing date set at this time

CA AB243 (Nava; coauthors: Lieu and Portantino) (Coauthors: Senators DeSaulnier and Florez)
- Animal abuse: penalties

• Referred to SEN Public Safety Committee; no hearing date set at this time

CA SB318 (Calderon)
- Dogfighting forfeitures

• Hearing in ASM Public Safety on Tues 6/30/09

Last but emphatically not least:
CA SB250 (Florez)
- Dogs and cats: spaying and neutering

• In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

*** Let's keep it here ***
- Call/write/fax your ASM & all ASM leadership to OPPOSE
- this bill is the agent which makes all of the others far, far worse


Bills which will not be heard again this session, as far as I know (no guarantees):

• CA SB416 - To Senate inactive file at Sen. Florez' request
• CA AB233 - In Assembly Appropriations. Held under submission.