---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial fishing: commercial fishing salmon stamp."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits specified persons from taking salmon for commercial purposes unless the person has a commercial fishing salmon stamp affixed to his or her commercial fishing license. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to issue a commercial fishing salmon stamp, upon application for the stamp and payment of a base fee of $85. That base fee is required to be adjusted during specified commercial salmon seasons. However, existing law prohibits the total fees, as adjusted, from exceeding $260."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "California SB 197 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial fishing: commercial fishing salmon stamp."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-07"
last_action: "2013-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4126cfa-4785-4744-9125-ae9aa7c02333"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB197"
source_hash: "6615ce04e642aa8316cfaa8acd0bc1dfb72f97748fbb94a21046c56b1d175b60"
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 SB 197 (20132014) — Commercial fishing: commercial fishing salmon stamp.

(1) Existing law prohibits specified persons from taking salmon for commercial purposes unless the person has a commercial fishing salmon stamp affixed to his or her commercial fishing license. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to issue a commercial fishing salmon stamp, upon application for the stamp and payment of a base fee of $85. That base fee is required to be adjusted during specified commercial salmon seasons. However, existing law prohibits the total fees, as adjusted, from exceeding $260.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB197&version=20130SB19799INT)
2. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB197&version=20130SB19798AMD)
3. **09/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB197&version=20130SB19796CHP)
4. **SB197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB197)
5. **09/11/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB197&version=20130SB19797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB197 Evans Concurrence — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 197 Evans Senate Third Reading By CHESBRO — **63–10** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 466.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-22** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1008.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 1097.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 3029.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 2283.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2013-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 368, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4126cfa-4785-4744-9125-ae9aa7c02333`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).