republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-565.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation: State Coastal Conservancy."
description: "Existing law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency with prescribed powers and responsibilities for implementing a program of agricultural land protection, area restoration, and resource enhancement within the coastal zone, as defined. Existing law authorizes the conservancy, for the purpose of implementing the provisions governing the conservancy, to fund and undertake plans and feasibility studies, and award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 565"
citation: "California AB 565 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation: State Coastal Conservancy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b13e3cd4-9692-42e6-b7ef-7966aae2f567"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB565"
source_hash: "a8620fd7f5ed20bb755cf95c110b03672632ac02a7ca2dde19f6030d8214bd80"
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 565 (20112012) — Conservation: State Coastal Conservancy.

Existing law establishes the State Coastal Conservancy in the Natural Resources Agency with prescribed powers and responsibilities for implementing a program of agricultural land protection, area restoration, and resource enhancement within the coastal zone, as defined. Existing law authorizes the conservancy, for the purpose of implementing the provisions governing the conservancy, to fund and undertake plans and feasibility studies, and award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB565&version=20110AB56599INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB565&version=20110AB56598AMD)
3. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB565&version=20110AB56597AMD)
4. **09/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB565&version=20110AB56596AMD)
5. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB565&version=20110AB56594CHP)
6. **AB565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB565)
7. **09/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB565&version=20110AB56595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 565 MONNING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB565 Monning By Blakeslee — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 565 MONNING Assembly Third Reading — **58–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)
- Blakeslee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 1670.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2364.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3075.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 479, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b13e3cd4-9692-42e6-b7ef-7966aae2f567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).