2020 Legislation
Below is a list of bills that the CVMA is following in the California legislature for 2020.
Assembly Bills
- AB 1974 (Gray) Horse racing: welfare and safety of racehorses and jockeys.
- AB 2043 (Gonzalez) Unlawful business practices: employer liability: contracted supervisor.
- AB 2077 (Ting) Hypodermic needles and syringes
- AB 2152 (Gloria) Public health: prohibition on the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits.
- AB 2213 (Limon) Office of Emergency Services: model guidelines.
Senate Bills
- SB 573 (Chang) Dogs and cats: microchip implants.
- SB 800 (Dodd) Horse racing: veterinary medical records: race horse fatalities: equine medication.
- SB 878 (Jones) Department of Consumer Affairs: license: application: processing timeframes.
- SB 1474 (Sen B&P) Business and Professions.
Inactive Bills
- AB 1850 (Gonzalez) Worker classification: employees and independent contractors.
- AB 1953 (Bloom) Veterinary medicine: blood banks for animals.
- AB 2059 (Kamlager) Toxicology Testing Animals.
- AB 2117 (O’Donnell) Pet store operators: crimes.
- AB 2177 (Kalra) Horse racing: equine medication, welfare, and safety.
- AB 2185 (Patterson) Professions and vocations: applicants licensed in other states: reciprocity.
- AB 2411 (Nazarian) Healing Arts licensees: remuneration: Drug or device companies: disclosure.
- AB 2568 (Maienschein) Disaster preparedness: local government: animal wildlife evacuation plan.
- AB 2614 (Smith) Emergency services: counties: large animals.
- AB 2615 (Chau) Horse racing: equine.
- AB 2645 (Nazarian) Abused animals: advocates.
- AB 2691 (Bauer-Kahan) Dog training services and facilities: requirements.
- AB 2704 (Ting) Healing arts: licenses: data collection.
- AB 2827 (Aguiar-Curry) Food, beverage, and cosmetic adulterant: industrial hemp products.
- AB 2855 (Low, et al) Committee on B&P. Veterinary Medical Board (Sunset).
- AB 2857 (Low, et al) Committee on B&P. California State Board of Pharmacy: appointment: removal (Sunset).
- AB 2888 (Friedman) Guide, signal, and service dogs: emotional support dogs.
- AB 2938 (Arambula) Horse racing: satellite wagering: use of license fees: earthquake and animal welfare projects.
- AB 3035 (Patterson) Animal welfare.
- AB 3045 (Gray) DCA: boards: veterans: military spouses: licenses
- AB 3201 (Santiago) Large veterinary premises corporations: consumer disclosures: additional premises purchases: audit.
- AB 3298 (Brough) Frauds of medical credentials: penalty.
- SB 627 (Galgiani) Cannabis and cannabis products: medicinal use on an animal: veterinary medicine.
- SB 1097 (Durazo) Medical services: credit or loan.
- SB 1239 (Glazer) Animals: California Animal Response Emergency System program: Animal Care Network in Disasters program.
- SB 1115 (Wilk) Commercial blood banks for animals: animal blood donors.
- SB 1347 (Galgiani) Veterinary medicine: license exceptions: limited veterinary services premises registration.
- SB 1405 (Galgiani) Marine mammals: protection of cetaceans: unlawful activities.
- SB 1432 (Glazer) Clinical laboratories.
Summary Bill Information
AB 1974 (Gray) Horse racing: safety and welfare of racehorses and jockeys.
Current Text: Introduced 01/22/20 Bill Information
Status/location: Signed by Governor
Summary: A bill relating to horse racing safety and reforms.
CVMA Position: Watch – close
AB 2043 (Gonzalez) Unlawful business practices: employer liability: contracted supervisor.
Current Text: Introduced 02/03/20 Bill Information
Status/location: Signed by Governor
Summary: This bill would make client employers liable for the acts of a contracted supervisor with respect to harassment of employees, applicants, unpaid interns or volunteers, or persons providing services to a contract in the workplace.
CVMA Position: Watch
AB 2077 (Ting) Hypodermic needles and syringes.
Current Text: Introduced to 02/05/20 Bill Information
Status/location: Signed by Governor
Summary: This bill authorizes pharmacies to sell sterile syringes for personal use without a prescription. Non-prescription sales will require education on safe disposal of syringes, HIV and hepatitis prevention, and for pharmacies to provide access to disposal containers.
CVMA Position: Watch
AB 2213 (Limon) Office of Emergency Services: model guidelines.
Current Text: Introduced 02/12/20 Bill Information
Status/location: Signed by Governor
Summary: This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to develop guidelines for local governments and organizations active in disasters, and to identify and track resources that could assist in responding to disasters.
CVMA Position: Watch
SB 573 (Chang) Dog and cat microchip implants.
Current Text: Introduced 02/22/19 Bill Summary
Status/location: Signed by Governor
Summary: This bill requires that all dogs and cats held in a public animal control agency, shelter, or rescue group be microchipped prior to being released. If microchipping is not available on-site then the organization is mandated to make a good faith effort to locate free or discounted regional services and to provide that information to the owner.
CVMA Position: Watch
SB 800 (Dodd) Horse racing: veterinary medical records: race horse fatalities: equine medication.
Current Text: Introduced 01/07/20 Bill Summary
Status/location: Signed by Governor.
Summary: This bill pertains to race horse medical record disclosure requirements for veterinarians.
CVMA Position: Watch – work with author
SB 878 (Jones) Department of Consumer Affairs Licensing applications: wait times.
Current Text: Introduced 01/22/20 Bill Summary
Status/location: Signed by Governor
Summary: This bill will require all boards and bureaus with the Department of Consumer Affairs to display the current average timeframe for processing initial and renewal applications.
CVMA Position: Watch
SB 1474 (Sen B&P) Business and Professions.
Current Text: Introduced 03/16/20 Bill Summary
Status/location: Signed by Governor
Summary: This bill will extend the Veterinary Medical Board sunset review date to next year.
CVMA Position: Support.
