Pet broker sales.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Berman
Last action: 2025-10-09
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on enforcement mechanisms or penalties.

Pet Broker Sales

This law prohibits pet brokers from selling young dogs, cats, or rabbits unless certain exceptions apply.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits a broker from making available for adoption, selling, or offering for sale a dog under one year of age, a cat, or rabbit, subject to specified exemptions.
Defines a broker as someone who sells, arranges, negotiates, or processes the sale of dogs, cats, or rabbits bred by others for profit, including facilitating their transfer for profit.

Who It Names or Affects

Pet brokers
People buying pets through brokers

Terms To Know

Broker: A person or business that sells, arranges, negotiates, or processes the sale of dogs, cats, or rabbits bred by others for profit.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify what happens if a broker violates this rule.
It is unclear how strictly brokers will follow these new rules.

Bill History

2025-10-09 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-09 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-15 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-09-08 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3016.).
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 2429.).
2025-07-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-01 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30).
2025-05-28 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2025-05-06 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-05 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1422.)
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-22 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22).
2025-04-22 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-04 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-03-19 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-03-18 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-02-11 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2025-02-10 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 519, Berman.
Pet broker sales.
Existing law, the Lockyer-Polanco-Farr Pet Protection Act, requires dealers of dogs and cats to comply with its provisions, including maintaining certain health and safety standards for pets and providing purchasers and prospective purchasers of pets, upon request, with written notice of consumer rights concerning the sale of a pet, including information about available refunds and other remedies. Existing law prohibits an online pet retailer, as defined, from offering, brokering, making a referral for, or otherwise facilitating a loan or other financing option for, the adoption or sale of a dog, cat, or a rabbit. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty.
This bill would prohibit, subject to specified
exemptions, a broker from making available for adoption, selling, or offering for sale a
dog under one year of age, a cat, or rabbit. The bill would define a broker as a person or business that sells, arranges, negotiates, or processes, either in person or online, the sale of dogs, cats, or rabbits bred by another for profit and would include facilitating the transfer of those animals for profit.

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