Bills by subject

Animal

37 bills and resolutions. 8 became law, 3 were vetoed, and 11 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 366 Emotional support animals in housing; falsely claiming that an animal is a service animal; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 554 The sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 622 Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 20

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 19, 2026
AB 61: Injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
AB 366: Emotional support animals in housing; falsely claiming that an animal is a service animal; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
May 13, 2026
AB 554: The sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 627: Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 687: Establishing a statewide wolf population goal.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 781: Wolf monitoring and nonlethal abatement and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 865: The use of live animals in medical training and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 949: Pet insurance and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1021: Agricultural damage caused by elk.
Stopped in committee.

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May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 64: Injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 327: Emotional support animals in housing; falsely claiming that an animal is a service animal; and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 560: The sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 622: Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 665: Establishing a statewide wolf population goal.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 774: Wolf monitoring and nonlethal abatement and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 851: The use of live animals in medical training and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 927: Pet insurance and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1007: Agricultural damage caused by elk.
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 8

Mar 23, 2012
AB 301: Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 10, 2012
AB 334: Possession of certain animals killed by vehicles.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 502: Hunting and trapping of wolves, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 606: Brucellosis testing of milk, cream, and cattle and restrictions on moving or sale of American bison and other animal species.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 659: Operation of animal-drawn vehicles on highways and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 231: Review by the Joint Committee on Finance of the expenditure of certain federal funds by the Department of Natural Resources.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 411: Hunting and trapping of wolves, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Apr 16, 2012
SB 496: Brucellosis testing of milk, cream, and cattle and restrictions on moving or sale of American bison and other animal species.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 9

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 150: The possession of green skins of fur-bearing animals, the tagging of traps, and the sale, purchase, bartering, and trade of wild animals and their carcasses.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Oct 9, 2009
AB 316: Emergency management, succession of public offices, liability and licensure of emergency volunteers, disaster relief, ratification of the pest control compact, transportation and disposal of animal carcasses, the plant industry, computation of school days, variance for hospital requirements, public works mutual assistance, emergencies related to computer or telecommunication systems, and providing penalties.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 377: Killing or harming with a motor vehicle or motorboat wild animals and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 379: Allowing a municipality or a county to charge a registration fee for animal-drawn vehicles.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 548: Possession of certain animals killed by vehicles.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 714: Creating an individual income tax deduction for amounts paid to process certain meat that is donated to a charitable organization and exempting from taxation certain meat processing fees.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Aug 18, 2009
SB 112: The possession of green skins of fur-bearing animals, the tagging of traps, and the sale, purchase, bartering, and trade of wild animals and their carcasses.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 226: Emergency management, succession of public offices, liability and licensure of emergency volunteers, disaster relief, ratification of the pest control compact, transportation and disposal of animal carcasses, the plant industry, computation of school days, variance for hospital requirements, public works mutual assistance, emergencies related to computer or telecommunication systems, and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject