republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2376.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fish and wildlife: strategic vision."
description: "The California Constitution establishes the Fish and Game Commission and provides for the delegation to the commission of powers relating to the protection and propagation of fish and game. Existing statutory law delegates to the commission the power to regulate the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles in accordance with prescribed laws. Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Game in the Natural Resources Agency, and generally charges the department with the administration and enforcement of the Fish and Game Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2376"
citation: "California AB 2376 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and wildlife: strategic vision."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae5a59ee-2423-4d17-ab49-4ebcb1ba1be7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2376"
source_hash: "f6ebf6e4f315b5c2596c9a05d65795679ebd0634cef47ff6771d4cb043161654"
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 2376 (20092010) — Fish and wildlife: strategic vision.

The California Constitution establishes the Fish and Game Commission and provides for the delegation to the commission of powers relating to the protection and propagation of fish and game. Existing statutory law delegates to the commission the power to regulate the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles in accordance with prescribed laws. Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Game in the Natural Resources Agency, and generally charges the department with the administration and enforcement of the Fish and Game Code.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2376&version=20090AB237699INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2376&version=20090AB237698AMD)
3. **05/28/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2376&version=20090AB237697AMD)
4. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2376&version=20090AB237696AMD)
5. **09/28/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2376&version=20090AB237694CHP)
6. **AB2376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2376)
7. **09/13/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2376&version=20090AB237695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2376 HUFFMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments Motion to Move Previous Question By CALDERON — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2376 HUFFMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2376 HUFFMAN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB2376 Huffman Concurrence — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** 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`
- **2010-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 5523.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-24** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-12** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2010-08-31** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-08-31** (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 5088.)
- **2010-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 5111.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 26. Page 6977.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 424, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae5a59ee-2423-4d17-ab49-4ebcb1ba1be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).