---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife: hunting licenses."
description: "Existing law requires every person who takes any bird or mammal to first obtain a license issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law requires the department to issue a license, upon payment of a base fee of $8.25, as adjusted, to a resident or nonresident who is under 16 years of age on July 1 of the licensing year for which he or she seeks a license. Existing law requires the department to issue a license to a resident of this state who is 16 years of age or older upon payment of a base fee of $31.25, as adjusted, and to a nonresident who is 16 years of age or older upon payment of a base fee of $108.50, as adjusted. Existing law requires the department to issue a 2-day license to a nonresident who is 16 years of age or older upon payment of a base fee of $31.25, as adjusted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1709"
citation: "California AB 1709 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife: hunting licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-13"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c54a2a7-0298-4e69-b6ee-4e7f60c03a8c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709"
source_hash: "865641b29d1122fd9bace50b45cc05321c30b6d7daf7c5f47ad08ce836892c5c"
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 1709 (20132014) — Wildlife: hunting licenses.

Existing law requires every person who takes any bird or mammal to first obtain a license issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law requires the department to issue a license, upon payment of a base fee of $8.25, as adjusted, to a resident or nonresident who is under 16 years of age on July 1 of the licensing year for which he or she seeks a license. Existing law requires the department to issue a license to a resident of this state who is 16 years of age or older upon payment of a base fee of $31.25, as adjusted, and to a nonresident who is 16 years of age or older upon payment of a base fee of $108.50, as adjusted. Existing law requires the department to issue a 2-day license to a nonresident who is 16 years of age or older upon payment of a base fee of $31.25, as adjusted.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709&version=20130AB170999INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709&version=20130AB170998AMD)
3. **06/17/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709&version=20130AB170997AMD)
4. **06/26/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709&version=20130AB170996AMD)
5. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709&version=20130AB170995AMD)
6. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709&version=20130AB170993CHP)
7. **AB1709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709)
8. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1709&version=20130AB170994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1709 FRAZIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1709 FRAZIER Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1709 Frazier By Berryhill — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frazier — primary (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5173.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4657.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-21** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6285.)
- **2014-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6286.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 456, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c54a2a7-0298-4e69-b6ee-4e7f60c03a8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).