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Authors Lee  
Coauthors: Caloza   Arreguín   Stern   Wiener  
Subject Veterinary medicine: cat declawing.
Relating To relating to healing arts.
Title An act to amend Sections 4826, 4827, and 4883 of, and to add Section 4826.8 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-09
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-09     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 479, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-09     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-16     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3112.).
2025-09-08     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2624.).
2025-09-08     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-03     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-07-01     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-30     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-06-23     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-17     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-06-09     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-05-07     Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-04-29     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-28     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1319.)
2025-04-24     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23).
2025-04-01     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-25     Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-03-24     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-03     Referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-02-20     From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-02-19     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-09
Enrolled     2025-09-11
Amended Senate     2025-09-03
Amended Senate     2025-06-17
Amended Assembly     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-19
Analyses TBD
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Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, establishes the California Veterinary Medical Board to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine, and specifies acts the performance of which constitutes the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry, including performing a surgical operation upon an animal. Existing law provides that nothing in the act prohibits a person from practicing veterinary medicine as a bona fide owner of one’s own animals. A violation of the act is a crime.

This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 4827 and 4883 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 1502 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1502 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.