List of Legislation for 2000
2000 LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR
Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl
AB 860 by Assemblywoman Helen Thomson.
Pets in Housing.
Support. PASSED.
Provides that future lease agreements cannot prohibit a homeowner from
keeping a pet in a mobile home park and that new or amended governing documents
for common interest developments must allow owners of a separate interest (such
as a condominium) to have a pet.
AB 2102 by Assemblywoman Virginia
Strom-Martin.
Pet Over-Population. Support.
FAILED.
Would have provided for an income tax check-off to establish a statewide
Animal Population Control Fund. After the original AB 2102 failed, it was
changed to another subject.
AB 2479 by Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl.
Live
Animal Markets. Support. PASSED.
Requires animals in live animal markets to be held under humane conditions to
prevent "injury, starvation, dehydration, or suffocation," and that
"no animal will be dismembered, flayed, cut open, or have its skin, scales,
feathers, or shell removed while the animal is still alive."
AB 2754 by Assemblyman George House.
Animal
Shelters. Support. PASSED.
Amends 1998's SB 1785 to alleviate overcrowding and disease caused by
increased holding requirements of animals who won't be adopted. Surveys of
shelters show increased euthanasia, overcrowding, disease, and decreased
adoptions due to adoptable animals being killed to make space. AB 2754 makes
owner-surrendered animals immediately available for adoption. It retains SB
1785's provisions on feral cats, stray animals, adoption policies, and working
with rescue groups.
SB 1462 by Senator Don Perata.
Rodeos.
Support. PASSED.
Requires that a veterinarian be on call at all times during rodeos to treat
any injured animal. SB 1462 also bans electric prods in the chutes and requires
the veterinarians to report injuries to the State Veterinary Medical Board.
SB 2082 by Senator Jack O'Connell.
Animal
Testing. Support. PASSED.
Prohibits manufacturers and testing facilities from using animal tests for
products such as cosmetics, pesticides, and household products, if a validated
alternative is accepted by the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for the
Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), a federal committee comprised of 14
federal regulatory or research agencies, and the alternative is approved by the
relevant federal agency or program and its staff.
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