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SB 12122025–2026 SessionREPORTEDREPUBLICAN

Endangered wildlife: kangaroos.

Introduced Feb 19, 2026Brian Jones (R-CA)

Summary

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.

Bill text versions

Legislative Journey

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor
  4. Passed Chamber 1
  5. Passed Chamber 2
  6. Signed
Feb 19, 2026

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Senate
Feb 20, 2026

From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

Senate
Mar 4, 2026

Referred to Com. on RLS.

Senate
Mar 25, 2026

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Senate