---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wild pigs: validations."
description: "(1) Existing law defines the term \"wild pig\" for purposes of managing, taking, or hunting that species and classifies the wild pig as a game mammal. Under existing law, a mammal occurring naturally in California that is not a game mammal, fully protected mammal, or fur-bearing mammal is a nongame mammal. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare a plan for the management of wild pigs and lists certain content that may be included in the plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 856"
citation: "California SB 856 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wild pigs: validations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c80536c0-c8fd-4743-acb1-c7599f7b950e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856"
source_hash: "9c2bef49b62e3569463ab0b92f2462713937ca86dca743438d6157653826013b"
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 856 (20212022) — Wild pigs: validations.

(1) Existing law defines the term "wild pig" for purposes of managing, taking, or hunting that species and classifies the wild pig as a game mammal. Under existing law, a mammal occurring naturally in California that is not a game mammal, fully protected mammal, or fur-bearing mammal is a nongame mammal. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare a plan for the management of wild pigs and lists certain content that may be included in the plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85699INT)
2. **03/09/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85698AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85697AMD)
4. **05/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85696AMD)
5. **06/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85695AMD)
6. **06/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85694AMD)
7. **08/16/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85693AMD)
8. **09/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85691CHP)
9. **SB856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856)
10. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856&version=20210SB85692ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB856 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 856 Dodd Senate Third Reading By DAHLE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
- **2022-01-26** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2022-02-07** (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
- **2022-02-07** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
- **2022-02-11** Set for hearing March 8.
- **2022-03-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3048.) (March 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2022-04-04** April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3771.) (May 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-23** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3981.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6039.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5009.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 469, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c80536c0-c8fd-4743-acb1-c7599f7b950e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).