SB-1212 • 2026

Endangered wildlife: kangaroos.

Crime

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Jones
Last action: 2026-04-23
Official status: April 21 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 2.)
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text does not provide details on the exact nature of the technical, nonsubstantive changes made to the provision regarding crimes and public offenses.

Endangered Wildlife: Kangaroos

The bill allows the commercial import, possession with intent to sell, and sale of kangaroo products in California if they are harvested according to Australian law, federal rules, and international agreements.

What This Bill Does

Exempts from existing prohibitions the commercial import, possession with intent to sell, or sale within California of kangaroos that meet certain legal requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

People who import, possess with intent to sell, or sell kangaroo products in California for commercial purposes.

Terms To Know

Endangered Species Act: A federal law that protects animals and plants that are at risk of becoming extinct.
International conventions: Agreements between countries to protect wildlife, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Limits and Unknowns

The bill only affects commercial activities involving kangaroo products and does not change other laws about endangered species.
It is unclear if this bill will pass into law since it failed to pass a committee vote.

Bill History

2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
April 21 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 2.)
2026-04-10 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 21.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-03-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1212, as amended, Jones.
Criminal law.
Endangered wildlife: kangaroos.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to import into the state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the state the dead body, or a part or product thereof, of a polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf, zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise, Spanish lynx, or elephant.
This bill would exempt from that prohibition the import into the state for commercial purposes, possession with intent to sell, or sale within the state of kangaroos if they are harvested in accordance with Australian law, the federal Endangered Species Act, and applicable international conventions, as specified.
Existing law specifies that crimes and public offenses include felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

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