---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fish and wildlife."
description: "Fish and wildlife."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1729"
citation: "California AB 1729 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and wildlife."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-03-13"
last_action: "2007-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b797fd7b-b0ff-4b87-b291-5cab17534675"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729"
source_hash: "95c6b2c7c8833aae157da06f81b51b1ad9950f556eadd52111b8b30cae48baa3"
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 1729 (20072008) — Fish and wildlife.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/13/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172999INT)
2. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172998AMD)
3. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172997AMD)
4. **05/24/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172996AMD)
5. **06/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172995AMD)
6. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172994AMD)
7. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172993AMD)
8. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172992AMD)
9. **09/06/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172991AMD)
10. **10/05/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172989CHP)
11. **AB1729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729)
12. **09/14/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1729&version=20070AB172990ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1729 Committee on W.,P. & W. (Wolk) By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1729 W., P.& W. Assembly Third Reading By WOLK — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1729 W., P.& W. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WOLK — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-03-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** From printer. May be heard in committee April 13.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1680.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2510.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3337.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b797fd7b-b0ff-4b87-b291-5cab17534675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).