republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1886.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aquaculture."
description: "Existing law establishes within the Department of Fish and Game an aquaculture coordinator to perform prescribed duties relating to the aquaculture industry. Existing law requires the owner of an aquaculture facility to register certain information with the department by March 1 of each year, and requires the department to impose prescribed fees for registration and renewal. Existing law also requires, in addition to the registration and renewal fees, a surcharge fee to be paid at the time of registration by the owner of an aquaculture facility if the gross annual sales of aquaculture products of the facility during the prior calendar year exceed $25,000. Existing law imposes a penalty for delinquent payment of fees. Existing law requires the department to expend moneys collected solely on the aquaculture program and to maintain the internal accountability necessary to ensure that all restrictions on the expenditure of these fee revenues are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1886"
citation: "California AB 1886 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aquaculture."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e49d5931-251e-477a-a3be-611e0becbb4d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1886"
source_hash: "50ee2248a8fbca968870f87be30388b92169285c0a54b57ba9263128eb2fbf3a"
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 1886 (20112012) — Aquaculture.

Existing law establishes within the Department of Fish and Game an aquaculture coordinator to perform prescribed duties relating to the aquaculture industry. Existing law requires the owner of an aquaculture facility to register certain information with the department by March 1 of each year, and requires the department to impose prescribed fees for registration and renewal. Existing law also requires, in addition to the registration and renewal fees, a surcharge fee to be paid at the time of registration by the owner of an aquaculture facility if the gross annual sales of aquaculture products of the facility during the prior calendar year exceed $25,000. Existing law imposes a penalty for delinquent payment of fees. Existing law requires the department to expend moneys collected solely on the aquaculture program and to maintain the internal accountability necessary to ensure that all restrictions on the expenditure of these fee revenues are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1886&version=20110AB188699INT)
2. **04/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1886&version=20110AB188698AMD)
3. **06/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1886&version=20110AB188697AMD)
4. **07/05/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1886&version=20110AB188696AMD)
5. **09/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1886&version=20110AB188694CHP)
6. **AB1886** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1886)
7. **08/20/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1886&version=20110AB188695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1886 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **51–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1886 Chesbro By Evans — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1886 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **47–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2012-03-05** Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-11** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 26. Page 4665.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4474.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 5954.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:05 p.m.
- **2012-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 301, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e49d5931-251e-477a-a3be-611e0becbb4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).