Bowie’s Law (AB 595) would require California shelters to notify rescuers before killing an animal. And given that such notifications are possible through shelter software already used by these facilities or available for free, complying would require nothing more than a stroke on a keyboard: one click to notify rescuers that a life needs saving.
AB 595 is such a simple, commonsense law it is astonishing that anyone would oppose it. But it is being opposed by the National Animal Control Association and other regressive organizations. And because of that opposition, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee killed Bowie’s Law by refusing to allow a floor vote. But there is hope.
Rep. Bill Essayli, the legislative author, is forcing that floor vote through a little-used parliamentary procedure. This will require all assembly members to vote Yes or No.
“YES,” to save the lives of animals scheduled to be killed.
Or “NO,” to allow “shelters” to continue to kill them in secret, even though they have a place to go.
To succeed, we need to flood the inboxes of assembly members by Thursday morning, asking them to vote Yes. We have made it easy for you. All you have to do is cut and paste the To, Subject, and Body text below to an email.
To:
assemblymember.addis@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.aguiar-curry@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.alanis@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.alvarez@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.arambula@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.bains@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.bauer-kahan@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.bennett@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.berman@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.boernerhorvath@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.mbonta@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.bryan@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.calderon@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.juancarrillo@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.carrillo@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.cervantes@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.chen@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.connolly@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.dahle@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.davies@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.dixon@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.essayli@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.flora@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.mikefong@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.fong@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.friedman@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.gabriel@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.gallagher@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.eduardogarcia@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.gipson@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.grayson@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.haney@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.hart@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.holden@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.hoover@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.irwin@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.jackson@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.jones-sawyer@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.kalra@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.lackey@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.lee@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.low@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.lowenthal@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.maienschein@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.mathis@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.mccarty@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.mckinnor@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.muratsuchi@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.stephanienguyen@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.ortega@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.pacheco@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.papan@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.patterson@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.joepatterson@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.pellerin@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.petrie-norris@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.quirk-silva@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.ramos@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.rendon@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.reyes@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.rivas@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.rrivas@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.rodriguez@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.rubio@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.sanchez@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.santiago@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.schiavo@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.soria@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.ta@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.ting@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.valencia@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.villapudua@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.waldron@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.wallis@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.ward@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.aweber@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.wicks@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.wilson@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.wood@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.zbur@assembly.ca.gov
Subject:
YES on AB 595
Body:
AB 595 will be brought to the floor this week by the author. We are asking for a YES vote. Bowie’s Law would require California shelters to notify rescuers before killing an animal. And given that such notifications are possible through shelter software already used by these facilities or available for free, complying would require nothing more than a stroke on a keyboard: one click to notify rescuers that a life needs saving. Can the animals and the people who love them count on you?