---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural resources."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to establish, by regulation, an automatic process to conform its sport fishing regulations to federal regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "California SB 798 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Natural Resources and Water"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2015-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49ceecba-e42e-4bef-b69c-b72ae3a6e061"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798"
source_hash: "12cf2bdceb11cf0097ab087049d777a67624dfb67fa7e4e59a6dea30f3adc7e0"
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 798 (20152016) — Natural resources.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to establish, by regulation, an automatic process to conform its sport fishing regulations to federal regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/18/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798&version=20150SB79899INT)
2. **04/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798&version=20150SB79898AMD)
3. **05/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798&version=20150SB79897AMD)
4. **07/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798&version=20150SB79896AMD)
5. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798&version=20150SB79895AMD)
6. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798&version=20150SB79893CHP)
7. **SB798** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798)
8. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB798&version=20150SB79894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB798 Committee On N.R. & W. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 798 N.R. & W. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9 SB798 Committee On N.R. & W. — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Natural Resources and Water — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 18.
- **2015-03-25** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 821.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1073.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2639.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2380.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 683, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49ceecba-e42e-4bef-b69c-b72ae3a6e061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).