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This is your one-stop shop for all the latest news about SCIL campaigns, organizational events and other updates. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to stay in the know about everything that is being done to save and protect animals and how you can help.

Call To Protect Cats - SB 1459 by Nguyen (R-Huntington Beach) Is Bad For Cats

May 9, 2024
SB 1459 by Senator Janet Nguyen (R-Huntington Beach) is bad for cats. Call today to ensure it doesn’t pass out of Appropriations!
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Yes on AB 3162 (Barnnett) Opposing Cruelty to Octopus (OCTO) Act

May 9, 2024
On Monday, AB 3162, authored by Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-Santa Barbara) and cosponsored by Social Compassion in Legislation and Animal Legal Defense Fund, passed the full Assembly with a vote of 51-10!
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We Need Your Call Now for All the Children Who Do Not Want Their Animal Slaughtered!

April 23, 2024
AB 3053 will ensure that, in the rare instances where a 4H/FFA family wants to spare their animal's life, or a winning bidder wants to pick up the animal alive, they can do so without the legal drama and emotional trauma others have experienced in the past.
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We Need Your Calls to Help Kids Save Their Animals!

April 19, 2024
Call Now for Cedar and All the Children Who Do Not Want Their Animal Slaughtered!
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3 SCIL Sponsored Bills Advance in Legislature!

April 10, 2024
1️⃣ AB 2133 passed the Assembly Business and Professions Committee with a final vote of 13-3! 2️⃣ AB 3162 passed the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife with a vote of 13-1! 3️⃣ AB 1983 passed the full Assembly with a vote of 70-0!
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Animal Dissection Bill Passes Committee with a Unanimous Vote!

April 10, 2024
AB 2640, The Class (Compassionate Advancements in Science Studies) Act, authored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) and sponsored by Social Compassion in Legislation, PETA and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, passed the Assembly Education Committee with a unanimous vote of 6-to-0.
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Call to Action for Four Bills! AB 2012 Passes First Committee!

April 3, 2024
AB 2012 Unanimously Passes Assembly Business & Professions Committee! Now we need your help with 4 upcoming bills.
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Hearings coming up! Please Read if You Want to Support Our Sponsored Bills!

March 26, 2024
If you want to support the bills SCIL is sponsoring in 2024, you must sign up to do so, even if you signed on to support all our bills in 2023. Time is of the essence as five of our bills will be voted on in their first committee hearings between April 2nd and April 10th.
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ACR 86 Passes Full Legislature! Call to Action to Keep Griffith Park Cruelty-Free!

March 18, 2024
ACR 86 passed its final hurdle today on the Senate floor, setting the stage for more action to save animals' lives. ➡️ We are sponsoring or supporting important bills this year, including six that are a direct response to ACR 86. What we need most from you right now is a donation of any size to help cover the costs associated with moving these bills forward.
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New Bill Will Expand Dog Breeder Regulations and Increase Shelter Transparency.

March 13, 2024
AB 2425 will expand the definition of dog breeder and ensure that all dogs sold by breeders are microchipped and vaccinated, include provisions requiring that shelters post the adoption availability of animals on their website or a third-party website, and order the California DFA to conduct a study on overcrowding in California shelters and potential remedies.
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