---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fish and wildlife: violations."
description: "Existing law generally makes any violation of the Fish and Game Code or any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under the code a misdemeanor, and specifies that a violation of designated statutes or regulations is either an infraction or a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 298"
citation: "California AB 298 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and wildlife: violations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d93401cd-2f5f-4fe3-91ce-4b2e9c135b87"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB298"
source_hash: "f91d5608cb49633bd18db8f31dd2e0e7d43d125c8ff6c5c839920e0d00c344b0"
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 298 (20152016) — Fish and wildlife: violations.

Existing law generally makes any violation of the Fish and Game Code or any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under the code a misdemeanor, and specifies that a violation of designated statutes or regulations is either an infraction or a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB298&version=20150AB29899INT)
2. **06/11/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB298&version=20150AB29898AMD)
3. **06/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB298&version=20150AB29896CHP)
4. **AB298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB298)
5. **06/23/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB298&version=20150AB29897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 298 GONZALEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 298 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2015-02-23** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1016.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1491.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-06-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2084.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2015-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d93401cd-2f5f-4fe3-91ce-4b2e9c135b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).