April 1, 2025

Important Updates

Two SCIL sponsored bills get out of first committee with unanimous votes!

Judie's interview from last night's Fox 11 News

Invitation to our upcoming event

SB 221 (Stalking) Passes Senate Public Safety Committee!

Watch the heart warming hearing below

(only 17 minutes)!

After some initial resistance from the Chair which threatened the passage of the bill, SB 221, authored by Senator Rosilicie Ochoa-Bogh (R-Yucaipa) and sponsored by Social Compassion in Legislation, in the end it did pass with a unanimous vote! The final vote was 6-0. Thanks to your calls and the work of our stellar author who moved the Chair back to a "yes" vote.

The bill will ensure that threats to pets, including service and emotional support animals, and horses are included in the crime of stalking. As we all know, Californians see their pets as family. Perpetrators use that vulnerability to terrorize their stalking victims as excellently described in the hearing by Riverside County Deputy District Attorney, Nik Petersen. His testimony, along with our Nick Sackett, was most compelling.

Below is a photo of our Legislative Director, Nickolaus Sackett, and Senator Ochoa-Bogh after our successful hearing today. Thank you both for a job well done!

AB 631 Passes Assembly Business & Professions Committee Unanimously!

Today, AB 631, the Animal Shelter and Rescue Data Collection Act, authored by Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San Jose) and sponsored by Social Compassion in Legislation (SCIL), passed the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions with an initial vote of 14-0. The bill will require that all animal shelters and animal rescues to post the intake and outcome data for the animals they take into custody on their website or a third-party website, updated at least quarterly, and make the information publicly available for at least five years. 

Since the Department of Public Health stopped collecting and publishing shelter data in 2017, the public and lawmakers have no reliable data to inform policy to help combat the pet overpopulation problem. By making intake and outcome data available, advocates, animal shelters, rescues, and other stakeholders will have the information needed to make informed policy decisions and direct philanthropic dollars where they are most needed.

Fox 11 News Segment on AB 478, the FOUND Act, and an interview with Judie Mancuso, including Oreo, Aaron "AC" Christensen, and an invitation to our event!

Your support is vital to our mission, and we hope you will consider coming to our event, or making a donation whether you can attend or not. Everyday that we advocate for animal protection, we rely on the generosity of compassionate individuals like you to continue our lifesaving work. Unfortunately, there is so much to do to help and protect the the animals. Thank you for being a part of our community!

Judie Mancuso, founder/CEO/president

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