---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sport fishing licenses."
description: "Under existing law, a sport fishing license grants the privilege to take fish, reptiles, and amphibia. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Game to issue a sport fishing license, upon payment of a fee, to eligible California residents and nonresidents, as specified. Existing law requires the department to issue a reduced fee sport fishing license, as specified, to a disabled veteran, as defined, that is valid for the calendar year of issue, or, if issued after the beginning of the year, for the remainder of the year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1287"
citation: "California SB 1287 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sport fishing licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e85d4dd4-84d2-4d22-813e-7d6c18274f3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1287"
source_hash: "24964a04a1f8c9334776bd6a9bcb7ae0e76e7792f1b7eba22c03009549631d52"
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 1287 (20112012) — Sport fishing licenses.

Under existing law, a sport fishing license grants the privilege to take fish, reptiles, and amphibia. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Game to issue a sport fishing license, upon payment of a fee, to eligible California residents and nonresidents, as specified. Existing law requires the department to issue a reduced fee sport fishing license, as specified, to a disabled veteran, as defined, that is valid for the calendar year of issue, or, if issued after the beginning of the year, for the remainder of the year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1287&version=20110SB128799INT)
2. **03/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1287&version=20110SB128798AMD)
3. **04/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1287&version=20110SB128797AMD)
4. **06/15/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1287&version=20110SB128796AMD)
5. **09/20/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1287&version=20110SB128794CHP)
6. **SB1287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1287)
7. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1287&version=20110SB128795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1287 Harman Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1287 Harman Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Mansoor — coauthor (person)
- Miller — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-30** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3265.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2012-05-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3619.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-04** Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5968.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4760.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 409, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e85d4dd4-84d2-4d22-813e-7d6c18274f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).