Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1382: Ethics Over Aesthetics Act.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1382 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Ethics Over Aesthetics Act. . Primary sponsor: Leticia Castillo (R). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 13, 2026): In committee: Held under submission.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law generally regulates the importation of wild animals into the state and the sale of dogs, cats, and birds. Existing law requires a person seeking to bring or import a dog into the state for purposes of resale or change of ownership to obtain a health certificate for that dog, as specified. Existing law requires a breeder of dogs to disclose to a purchaser of a dog certain information, including the breed, sex, color, and identifying marks at the time of sale, a record of inoculations and worming treatments administered, and whether the dog has any known disease, illness, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects its health, as specified.

This bill would prohibit, except as specified, a person from importing for profit, selling, or offering for sale in this state a transgenic pet animal that possesses a cosmetic transgenic trait, as specified. The bill would provide that each transgenic pet animal imported for profit, sold, or offered for sale in this state in violation of that prohibition is a separate violation and is punishable by a civil penalty of not less than $5,000. The bill would authorize the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, or the city attorney of the city in which the violation occurred, to bring an action to enforce that prohibition, as specified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Leticia CastilloPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly58
Rosilicie Ochoa BoghCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Isaac BryanCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly55
Diane DixonCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly72
Brian JonesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. In committee: Held under submission.
  2. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  4. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  5. 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.
  6. Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D., JUD. and APPR.
  7. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3870.)
  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 15).
  11. Coauthors revised.
  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page