---
type: "Bill"
title: "Birds and mammals: nongame birds: mute swans."
description: "Existing law provides for taking and possession of listed nongame birds without a hunting license if taken in compliance with specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 764"
citation: "California AB 764 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Birdsandmammals", "muteswans", "nongamebirds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Gonzalez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f2665af-9344-451b-ac54-b87cd2533dac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB764"
source_hash: "be55c0a6e101fae4e8359e0c463ce77eb5041f64cb997f610a8151f2abe2e6f0"
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 764 (20252026) — Birds and mammals: nongame birds: mute swans.

Existing law provides for taking and possession of listed nongame birds without a hunting license if taken in compliance with specified requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB764&version=20250AB76499INT)
2. **06/25/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB764&version=20250AB76498AMD)
3. **10/07/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB764&version=20250AB76496CHP)
4. **AB764** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB764)
5. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB764&version=20250AB76497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 764 Jeff Gonzalez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 764 Jeff Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB764 Jeff Gonzalez By Cortese — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Gonzalez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2025-03-03** Referred to Com. on W. P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1277.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-07** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2614.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 62(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3493.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f2665af-9344-451b-ac54-b87cd2533dac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).