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California AB 853 (20112012) — Sharks.

Existing law makes it unlawful to possess any bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian, or parts thereof, taken in violation of any of the provisions of the Fish and Game Code, or of any regulation made under it.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/20/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/13/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/16/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/07/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB853 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Supp 1 AB853 Fong By Kehoe — 28–8 (pass) · upper
• AB 853 BLUMENFIELD Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 853 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–11 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fong — primary (person)
• Huffman — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2011-03-10 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2011-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1242.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2011-06-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-07-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-08-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2011-08-18 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-09-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-09-06 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2011-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2309.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2978.)
• 2011-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 11. Page 2980.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ed94744-67f9-4eab-a0c1-1467ab478912. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).