AB 928: Roosters: restrictions.

Existing law prohibits a person from causing, permitting, or aiding or abetting the fighting, worrying, or injuring of a cock. Existing law provides that a violation of this provision is a misdemeanor, as provided. Existing law generally regulates the production of poultry, eggs, and egg products.

This bill would prohibit prohibit, on and after January 1, 2027, a person who keeps more than 3 roosters per acre, or from keeping more than 25 roosters total on any property, from keeping a rooster movement-constrained that are movement constrained through the use of an enclosure or tether, except as specified. The bill would subject a person who violates this prohibition to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation, as provided, and would provide that each day a rooster is kept in violation of that prohibition constitutes a distinct violation. The bill would define define, among other terms, rooster and enclosure for purposes of these provisions.