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Bill	Ocean Protection Council: sustainable seafood.	The California Ocean Protection Act establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government and provides that the council consists of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Chair of the State Lands Commission, and 2 public members appointed by the Governor. The act requires the council, among other things, to coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems and to establish policies to coordinate the collection and sharing of scientific data related to coast and ocean resources between agencies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1217	California AB 1217 (20092010)	bill	Ocean Protection Council: sustainable seafood.	enacted	Monning	8	26	8	2009-02-27	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/247b1527-2e38-4bdf-921a-c96ee6a240f4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1217	eb2ee858321d2f8244e7fd5594df3069e2d96345730dca292e57bb20005a8019	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1217 (20092010) — Ocean Protection Council: sustainable seafood.

The California Ocean Protection Act establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government and provides that the council consists of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Chair of the State Lands Commission, and 2 public members appointed by the Governor. The act requires the council, among other things, to coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems and to establish policies to coordinate the collection and sharing of scientific data related to coast and ocean resources between agencies.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1217 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/10/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1217 MONNING Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1217 Monning By Simitian — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1217 MONNING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Monning — primary (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Krekorian — coauthor (person)
• Salas — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2009-03-31 Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2009-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-29 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 1861.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2009-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-06-26 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (June 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-06-28 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-06 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2009-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 2111.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 3104.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/247b1527-2e38-4bdf-921a-c96ee6a240f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).