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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public resources."
+description: "(1) The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. Under the act, an interested person may petition the commission to add a species to, or remove a species from, either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species, and existing law requires the commission to consider the petition at a meeting, as prescribed. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, establishes additional procedures for the review of a petition, including public hearings and public comment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 2549"
+citation: "California AB 2549 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public resources."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-02-19"
+last_action: "2016-08-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6ac657a-0329-4ae9-bdc4-18763417331f"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549"
+source_hash: "adcc5d92b9c96130c505c37cfadaa7e558396a32b9d8b6f94790c690e9a4406e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 2549 (20152016) — Public resources.
+
+(1) The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. Under the act, an interested person may petition the commission to add a species to, or remove a species from, either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species, and existing law requires the commission to consider the petition at a meeting, as prescribed. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, establishes additional procedures for the review of a petition, including public hearings and public comment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549&version=20150AB254999INT)
+2. **04/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549&version=20150AB254998AMD)
+3. **06/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549&version=20150AB254997AMD)
+4. **08/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549&version=20150AB254996AMD)
+5. **08/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549&version=20150AB254995AMD)
+6. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549&version=20150AB254993CHP)
+7. **AB2549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549)
+8. **08/16/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549&version=20150AB254994ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 2549 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2549 W., P., & W.(Levine) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2549 W., P. & W. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LEVINE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-08** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2016-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4871.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-05-26** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2016-08-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-01** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2016-08-08** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4877.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2016-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5814.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6ac657a-0329-4ae9-bdc4-18763417331f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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