CURRENT BILL STATUS MEASURE : A.B. No. 1117 AUTHOR(S) : Smyth (Coauthors: Solorio and Williams) (Coauthors: Senators Hancock, Lieu, and Strickland). TOPIC : Animal abuse: penalties. +LAST AMENDED DATE : 08/17/2011 TYPE OF BILL : Inactive Non-Urgency Non-Appropriations Majority Vote Required State-Mandated Local Program Fiscal Non-Tax Levy LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 10/07/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 553, Statutes of 2011. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS COMM. ACTION DATE : 07/11/2011 COMM. ACTION : Senate Rule 28.8 and amended. TITLE : An act to amend Section 597.1 of, and to add Section 597.9 to, the Penal Code, relating to animal abuse.