Bill Text: CA ACR9 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Pet Care Education Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-19)

Status: (Passed) 2016-02-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 5, Statutes of 2016. [ACR9 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR9-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 9	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 1, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member McCarty
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Chiu, Achadjian, Alejo,
Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia,
Gatto, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gordon, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Irwin, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Lopez, Low, Maienschein,
Mathis, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson,
Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond,
Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Williams, and Wood)
   (Coauthors: Senators Leno, Liu, and Pan)

                        JANUARY 16, 2015

   Relative to Pet Care Education Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 9, McCarty. Pet Care Education Month.
   This measure would declare the month of January 2016 as Pet Care
Education Month and would request Californians to observe the month
by ensuring that their companion animals receive the proper
preventative care by establishing a financial plan for pet health
emergencies and by contributing to charitable organizations that
provide low-cost spay and neuter services and vaccinations or funds
to help low-income individuals pay for veterinary care.



   WHEREAS, An increasing number of dogs and cats in the United
States do not get the regular, preventative health care that they
need to stay healthy; and
   WHEREAS, Animal welfare organizations often bear the burden of
dealing with animal health care issues that could have been
prevented, such as dental and skin issues, nutritional deficiencies,
heartworm, pyometra, distemper, and parvo; and
   WHEREAS, It is the policy of the State of California to encourage
pet owners to take steps to responsibly care for their pets,
including providing for responsible nutrition and regular visits to a
veterinarian, and ensuring that their pets receive proper
preventative care such as vaccinations, spaying or neutering, oral
care, and heartworm prevention; and
   WHEREAS, National and local animal welfare organizations, animal
shelters, animal control agencies, veterinarians, and others engaged
in the care and feeding of pets will join together to advocate for
"Pet Care Education Month," which will help Californians receive
affordable preventative care for their pets throughout the month of
January 2016; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
declares the month of January 2016 as Pet Care Education Month in
California and requests Californians to observe the month by ensuring
that their companion animals receive the proper preventative care by
establishing a financial plan for pet health emergencies and by
contributing to charitable organizations that provide low-cost spay
and neuter services and vaccinations or funds to help low-income
individuals pay for veterinary care; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.