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Bill	Vessels: registration fee: Quagga and Zebra Mussel Infestation Prevention Program.	Existing law establishes various programs administered by, among other agencies, the Department of Fish and Game and the State Lands Commission, to prevent aquatic invasive species introduction and manage the spread and impacts of aquatic invasive species in state waters. Existing law prohibits, except as authorized by the Department of Fish and Game, a person from possessing, importing, shipping, or transporting in the state, or from placing, planting, or causing to be placed or planted in any water within the state, dreissenid mussels, which are regulated by the department as an invasive species.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2443	California AB 2443 (20112012)	bill	Vessels: registration fee: Quagga and Zebra Mussel Infestation Prevention Program.	enacted	Williams	10	34	10	2012-02-24	2012-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/302dea9c-e2a6-4e34-a39f-7651232eeef4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2443	d05e06c3dde00203aed65c892a7dc2dfe90a4af10ac9d803fed8f28c5085e891	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2443 (20112012) — Vessels: registration fee: Quagga and Zebra Mussel Infestation Prevention Program.

Existing law establishes various programs administered by, among other agencies, the Department of Fish and Game and the State Lands Commission, to prevent aquatic invasive species introduction and manage the spread and impacts of aquatic invasive species in state waters. Existing law prohibits, except as authorized by the Department of Fish and Game, a person from possessing, importing, shipping, or transporting in the state, or from placing, planting, or causing to be placed or planted in any water within the state, dreissenid mussels, which are regulated by the department as an invasive species.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/03/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/21/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/23/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2443 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/06/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2443 Williams By Kehoe — 23–6 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2443 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–26 (pass) · lower
• Be referred to Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2443 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — 52–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Transportation and Housing. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and W., P. & W. referral-committee
• 2012-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2012-04-12 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2012-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P. & W. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-09 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
• 2012-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 5095.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and T. & H. referral-committee
• 2012-06-19 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. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 6. Page 4755.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 6419.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.
• 2012-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 485, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/302dea9c-e2a6-4e34-a39f-7651232eeef4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).