Fight for Current Legislation

last revised 28 September 2006

Governor Alert -- AB 2862, Pet Store Requirements -- What you can do

You are heroes!

In 2006 you have already: 
  1. Written letters, made phone call and sent faxes and e-mails
  2. You have reached out to help animals left in cars on hot days
  3. To criminalize dogs on chains anywhere in California
  4. You have pressured legislators to pass and the governor to sign three important pieces of animal protective legislation.
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But, we need you one last time this year to speak out
for those who can not speak out for themselves
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Animals trapped in lonely, terrifying situations in
Pet Shops

Someone needs to monitor their:
  1. health care
  2. the parameters of their confinement
  3. the adequacy of their diet
  4. the richness of their environment

 Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas has worked ferociously this year to bring all the interested parties together and get the best results possible to improve conditions in pet shops in California

 But . . .

The Pet Shop Reform bill, AB 2862 (Ridley-Thomas) is on the Governor’s desk, as yet unsigned. 

The bill gives the California Department of Consumer Affairs the regulatory authority to establish specific standards of care and provide tools for improved enforcement of pet store laws. 

Last year an investigation of California pet stores revealed widespread violations of California laws designed to protect animals sold in pet stores:
  1. Inadequate care.
  2. Conditions harmful to the animals.
  3. Animals ill and seriously injured.

To view a summary of the investigation and to find out more, click here.

What You Can Do: 
Please contact Governor Schwarzenegger and urge him to sign AB 2862 into law.

It is too late for letters.  You must: 

Call: 916-445-2841

Fax: 916-445-4633

E-mail:governor@governor.ca.gov

Those of you who have participated in contacting legislators and the governor in 2006, should be tremendously proud.  It has been one of the most successful years, in California, for animal legislation in recent memory.  Let’s get the Governor to sign this bill and make it the most successful year ever.  


NEW:  The "Microchip Bill"    microchip

We are updating the Companion Animal Overpopulation Bill.  A.L.A.N. is working with legislators to introduce an updated version in the 2007-2008 California legislative session, to address the pervasive problem of companion animal supply exceeding demand. 


This visionary, practical and effective state bill will eliminate the tragedy of abandoned animals and the killing of adoptable animals in shelters, reduce the tax burden on Californians, and move animal emergency preparedness into the mainstream.  

A.L.A.N.'s similar 2001 Pet Overpopulation bill (California Senate Bill SB236) was just one vote short of passing in 2001.  

The three animal-related bills that have been passed and signed in California in 2006 are: 
  1. SB1578, Anti-tethering Bill (the No Dogs on Chains Bill) -- makes it a misdemeanor to leave a dog chained for more than 3 hours.  
  2. SB1806, Animals in Hot Cars
  3. SB1349, Animal Fighting Penalties