---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources."
description: "Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of a fully protected fish, except as provided, and designates the Colorado River squawfish as a fully protected fish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1520"
citation: "California SB 1520 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Natural Resources and Water"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a240fc25-9096-4f12-b7fd-5402d830eb39"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1520"
source_hash: "a45b42f10b25816d407922978c1e2d8db3605784c7ef0ac267e4993b26c47646"
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 1520 (20232024) — Public resources.

Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of a fully protected fish, except as provided, and designates the Colorado River squawfish as a fully protected fish.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/06/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1520&version=20230SB152099INT)
2. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1520&version=20230SB152097CHP)
3. **SB1520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1520)
4. **06/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1520&version=20230SB152098ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1520 N.R. & W. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1520 Natural Resources and Water Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 6.
- **2024-03-13** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3533.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2024-04-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3773.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-06** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6038.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 139, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a240fc25-9096-4f12-b7fd-5402d830eb39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).