CAA Legislative Report Card

Who votes to help protect animals and who doesn’t? It was simple question without a simple answer, until CAA began producing its Legislative Scorecard. The Scorecard rates California’s assembly members and senators according to how they voted on animal protection or anti-animal legislation in the previous session.

Please use this report card to guide your support and communication with legislators. As our representatives, it’s their job to listen; and when enough voices speak up, our chances to protect the animals we care so deeply about greatly increase.

Download the CAA 2007 Legislative Report Card (PDF)

In the 2007 session, we rated legislators for their votes on the following bills:

CAA 2007 Sponsored Bills

AB 449 (Trapping) would have required “nuisance” wildlife control operators to recommend to their clients exclusionary or nonlethal means as a preferred alternative and when alternatives were not possible required American Veterinary Medical Association euthanasia standards to be used. Vetoed by the Governor. (Author: Strickland)

AB 1477 (Trapping) would have required continuing education in humane standards and nonlethal alternatives for “nuisance” wildlife control operators and required healthy, uninjured non-target animals be released immediately at the site of a trap and ill or injured animals be taken to the proper facility for treatment. Vetoed by the Governor. (Author: Soto)

Other Pro-Animal Bills

AB 828 (Wildlife Conservation) asked the Department of Fish and Game to determine what areas within the state are most essential and suitable for wildlife preservation. Vetoed by the Governor. (Author: Ruskin)

AB 1634 (California Healthy Pets Act) would prohibit any person from owning or possessing any unaltered cat or dog over the age of four months unless that person possesses an intact permit. This bill is still active. (Author: Levine; Coauthors Padilla and Nava)

AB 1614 (Rodeo animals) expands the definition of rodeos to protect more animals from potential injury. Signed into law. (Author: Strickland; Coauthors Coto, Levine)

AB 1100 (Food labeling) would have required a manufacturer or producer of food for human consumption that contains any product from a cloned animal or its progeny to label the food to indicate that the food includes a product from a cloned animal. This bill is still active. (Author: Ruskin)

SB 63 (Food labeling) would have required a manufacturer or producer of food for human consumption that contains any product from a cloned animal or its progeny to label the food to indicate that the food includes a product from a cloned animal. Vetoed by the Governor. (Author: Migden)

SB 353 (Protective orders) allows animals to be included in protective and restraining orders in cases of domestic violence. Signed into law. (Author: Kuehl)

Anti-Animal Bills

AB 815 (Hunting or fishing: local regulation) would prohibit a city or county from adopting an ordinance or regulation within its jurisdiction that affects the taking of fish and game. This bill is still active. (Author: Berryhill)

SB 880 (Crime) redefines “kangaroo” in such as way that it allows the importation of all kangaroo skins into California for commercial purposes. Signed into law. (Author: Calderon)

Download the CAA 2007 Legislative Report Card (PDF)