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Bill	San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.	(1) The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Act establishes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to raise and allocate resources for the restoration, enhancement, protection, and enjoyment of wetlands and wildlife habitat in the San Francisco Bay and along its shoreline. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2029.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1656	California AB 1656 (20112012)	bill	San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.	enacted	Fong	7	27	7	2012-02-13	2012-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/e0948efb-a80e-4bbf-9754-7c680e029730	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1656	4fcf2c5490742a429fc6c244537ec14440ea1261056019d85a39af68024ce093	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1656 (20112012) — San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.

(1) The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Act establishes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to raise and allocate resources for the restoration, enhancement, protection, and enjoyment of wetlands and wildlife habitat in the San Francisco Bay and along its shoreline. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2029.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/25/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1656 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1656 Fong By DeSaulnier — 23–13 (pass) · upper
• AB 1656 FONG Assembly Third Reading — 51–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1656 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2012-03-01 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2012-03-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (March 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-29 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2012-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 5043.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2012-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-05 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-07-05 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-07-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4859.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
• 2012-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 5. Page 6609.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 535, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0948efb-a80e-4bbf-9754-7c680e029730. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).