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AB 479 (Nazarian) Plant-Based Meal Options for K-12 Introduced

February 13, 2019
Landmark California Legislation Encourages Climate-friendly, Plant-Based Lunch Options for Students. (1-Part)
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AB 486 (Limon) Pet Evacuation Bill Introduced

February 12, 2019
Requiring pet owners to create an evacuation plan helps ensure their personal safety during evacuation and protects emergency personnel from dangerous situations. (1-Part)
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SB 64 (Chang) Pet Microchipping Bill Introduced

January 29, 2019
Microchipping your four-legged friends will save pets & taxpayer dollars. Part 1: Senator Chang Introduces Pet Microchipping Bill. Microchipping your four-legged friends will save pets & taxpayer dollars Part 2:The End of Fur Trapping in California? Bill Seeks to Shut Down a Dwindling Industry Part 3: Sunset on Sunset Event Recap
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AB 273 (Gonzalez-Fletcher) Fur Trapping Ban Bill Introduced

January 24, 2019
Lorena Gonzalez Bill Bans All Fur Trapping in California - Assembly Bill 273 would end the cruel, taxpayer subsidized commercial fur trapping trade across the state. (1 Part)
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Cision PR Newswire: SCIL - California Kicks Puppy Mills out of Pet Shops

December 31, 2018
A landmark California bill banning the sale of mill-bred dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet stores will go into effect on January 1
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Governor Brown Signs SB 1249 into Law!

September 28, 2018
SACRAMENTO, September 28, 2018 —Social Compassion in Legislation and the Physicians Committee applauds California Governor Jerry Brown for signing Senate Bill 1249, the California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act.
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Governor Brown Signs SB 1138 (Skinner) Plant Based Meal Options

September 18, 2018
Sacramento, CA — Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senator Nancy Skinner’s (D-Berkeley) SB 1138, “Ensuring a Plant Based Meal Option,” requiring hospitals, healthcare facilities and prisons to offer plant-based meals to people in these institutions…
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Contact the Governor in support of our important bills on his desk!

September 12, 2018
Please click on the link below and follow instructions on how to contact Governor Brown in support of signing our very important bills!
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SCIL's next event Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 4:30-7:30pm

August 12, 2018
Please join us for a cocktail soiree, and delicious vegan food, to celebrate our 2018 successes and help ring in our lifesaving legislation in the new year.
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Latest update on bill hearings

June 27, 2018
Update on SB 1249 CA Cruelty Free Cosmetics Act hearing and SB 1487 Iconic African Species Protection Act.
Part 1: SB 1249, CA Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee with 9-0 Vote...
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