Active Campaigns

Below is information about all of our 2025 sponsored legislative campaigns. If you or your organization would like to sign on to support letters for any or all of these bills, please go to our How-to-Support pages and sign up – it’s easy!

To sign up your organizations, go HERE.

To sign up as an individual citizen, go HERE.

AB 1382, a bill to ban the sale of pets genetically modified for cosmetic purposes.

March 24, 2025

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation relating to animal welfare for adoptable animals.

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AB 1482, a bill to strengthen dog breeder laws and require shelters to post animals online

February 21, 2025

This bill, Bowie’s Law, would require an animal shelter, as defined, to provide in a conspicuous location on its internet website or a third-party internet website a list of all animals that are available for adoption.

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AB 724, a bill to prohibit the sale and use of glue traps.

February 14, 2025

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the existing law relating to the specified fees for the license required by a person who traps fur-bearing mammals or nongame mammals.

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AB 793, a bill to raise the legal threshold for courts determining to euthanize a "dangerous" dog.

February 18, 2025

This bill would require a court or other hearing entity in a proceeding on original jurisdiction, or a court in a proceeding on appeal, to determine whether a dog is vicious upon clear and convincing evidence.

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AB 631, a bill to ensure intake and outcome data is available from all shelters and rescues.

February 13, 2025

The bill will require that all animal shelters and animal rescues post the intake and outcome data for the animals they take into custody on their website or a third-party website and make publicly available for at least five years.

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AB 347, a bill to reduce animal dissection in schools

February 14, 2025

The Class Act will modernize science education in the state of California by requiring teachers to inform them in writing of their right to choose a non-animal replacement, as well as present sourcing and environmental concerns about dissection upon request.

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AB 478, the FOUND Act, Friends of Oreo Uniting During Disasters

February 10, 2025

A critical new bill to ensure that companion animals are protected during emergencies and that local governments implement clear procedures to support pet owners during evacuations.

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SB 221, a bill to expand stalking laws to include animal protection

January 24, 2025

Senate Bill 221 would amend Penal Code section 646.9 to conform to the federal stalking statute by including threats to a victim’s pet as a component of threatening behavior.

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