BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 986
Author: Ridley-Thomas (D)
Amended: 6/9/08
Vote: 21
SENATE BUS., PROF. & ECON. DEVELOP. COMMITTEE : 5-0,
1/14/08
AYES: Ridley-Thomas, Calderon, Florez, Simitian, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Aanestad, Corbett, Denham, Harman
SENATE FLOOR : 34-1, 1/24/08
AYES: Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Ashburn, Battin,
Calderon, Cogdill, Correa, Cox, Denham, Ducheny, Dutton,
Florez, Harman, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Machado, Maldonado,
Margett, McClintock, Migden, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza,
Padilla, Perata, Romero, Runner, Scott, Simitian,
Steinberg, Torlakson, Wiggins, Wyland, Yee
NOES: Kuehl
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cedillo, Corbett, Hollingsworth,
Ridley-Thomas, Vincent
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 7/14/08 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Pet stores
SOURCE : Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
DIGEST : This bill revises the guidelines by which a pet
store operator or employee may euthanize rodents and
rabbits intended as food for another animal, as specified.
CONTINUED
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Assembly amendments added a new section to the bill which
specifies that a rodent or rabbit intended as food for
another animal may be destroyed by a pet store operator or
an employee of a pet store only if the animal is euthanized
as specified.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law
1. Establishes the Pet Store Animal Care Act (Act), which
regulates the care and maintenance of animals in the
custody of a pet store and provides limits on the sale
or transfer of those animals.
2. Provides that the Legislature does not intend, by this
Act, to regulate the care of handling of animals in or
on farms, ranches, livestock or horse auctions,
livestock markets, slaughtering facilities, or any
place other than pet stores.
3. Defines a "pet store" as any retail establishment open
to the public and selling or offering for sale of
animals.
This bill:
1. Specifies that a rodent or rabbit intended as food for
another animal may be destroyed by a pet store operator
or an employee of a pet store only if the animal is
euthanized by a method that is performed in a humane
manner, appropriate for the species, authorized by
state law, and in compliance with the American
Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Guidelines on
Euthanasia dated June 2007.
2. Specifies that the euthanasia shall be performed by
the pet store operator or employee only if a
California-licensed veterinarian has certified in
writing that the pet store operator or employee is
properly trained and proficient in performing
euthanasia on that particular species.
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3. Specifies that the certification shall be valid for a
period of not more than three years, and may be
recertified for additional three-year periods.
4. Specifies that the certification of a pet store
operator or employee shall be retained by the pet store
for three years, unless a longer period is otherwise
required under California law.
5. Specifies that the certification shall be made
available upon request to appropriate law enforcement
officers, as specified.
6. Specifies that it is the responsibility of the pet
store operator to ensure that euthanasia is performed
in compliance with this bill.
7. Excludes from the definition of "pet store" a retail
establishment directly related to an agricultural
operation for the commercial growing and harvesting of
crops or the raising of livestock or poultry on a farm
or a ranch.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/24/08)
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (source)
California Veterinary Medical Association
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the Pet Industry
Joint Advisory Council, the sponsor, this bill is a minor
clean-up to last year's AB 1347 (Caballero), Chapter 703,
Statutes of 2007, which enacted the Act that will go into
effect on January 1, 2009. This bill in its current form
addresses a request made by the California Department of
Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to ensure that agricultural
establishments are not considered pet stores for purposes
of the Act. As the Sponsor indicates, the Act included
this exemption in intent language, but it did not include
the agricultural exclusion in the text of the law itself.
As a condition of CDFA's support for AB 1347, it was agreed
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that the agricultural exclusion language be placed in the
substantive text of the law itself. This bill takes care
of that issue in a way that "pet store" is defined in the
new law.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Aghazarian, Anderson, Arambula, Beall,
Benoit, Berg, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Brownley, Caballero,
Carter, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeSaulnier, DeVore, Duvall, Dymally, Emmerson, Eng,
Evans, Feuer, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garcia, Garrick, Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez,
Horton, Houston, Huff, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,
Karnette, Keene, Krekorian, La Malfa, Laird, Levine,
Lieber, Lieu, Ma, Maze, Mendoza, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nava,
Niello, Nunez, Parra, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Smyth, Solorio, Spitzer, Strickland,
Swanson, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Walters, Wolk, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Leno, Plescia, Sharon
Runner, Soto
JJA:do 8/1/08 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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