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type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable energy: Department of Fish and Game: expedited permitting."
description: "(1) The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Game to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. CESA authorizes the department to authorize the take of threatened species, endangered species, or candidate species by permit if certain requirements are met. CESA authorizes the department, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and, to the extent practicable, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Land Management, to design and implement actions to protect, restore, or enhance the habitat of plants and wildlife that can be used to fully mitigate the impacts of the take of endangered, threatened, or candidate species resulting from certain solar thermal and photovoltaic powerplants in the planning area of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "California SB 16 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Renewable energy: Department of Fish and Game: expedited permitting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0896c88d-e151-46ef-9cd7-8bb05ab9934a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16"
source_hash: "7e31468470a5a3c085a5ff5e1ce6f06b717fd84c8623b99ac8fef2c7ee6169a4"
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 SB 16 (20112012) — Renewable energy: Department of Fish and Game: expedited permitting.
(1) The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Game to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. CESA authorizes the department to authorize the take of threatened species, endangered species, or candidate species by permit if certain requirements are met. CESA authorizes the department, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and, to the extent practicable, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Land Management, to design and implement actions to protect, restore, or enhance the habitat of plants and wildlife that can be used to fully mitigate the impacts of the take of endangered, threatened, or candidate species resulting from certain solar thermal and photovoltaic powerplants in the planning area of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1699INT)
2. **02/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1698AMD)
3. **03/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1697AMD)
4. **04/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1696AMD)
5. **05/27/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1695AMD)
6. **06/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1694AMD)
7. **08/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1693AMD)
8. **08/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1692AMD)
9. **09/22/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1690CHP)
10. **SB16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16)
11. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB16&version=20110SB1691ENR)
## Votes
- SB 16 Rubio Motion to Reconsider By PÉREZ, V.M. — **50–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- SB 16 Rubio Third Reading Urgency By PÉREZ, V.M. — **52–6** (fail) · lower
- SB 16 Rubio Third Reading Urgency By PÉREZ, V.M. — **57–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB16 Rubio Urgency Clause Concurrence — **34–2** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rubio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-12-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-11** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2011-03-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 416.) (March 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3. Page 599.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-27** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-27** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 4. Page 1230.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Read third time and amended. (Page 2589.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 52. Noes 6. Page 2756.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez.
- **2011-09-01** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 50. Noes 21. Page 2787.)
- **2011-09-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 2792.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 2271.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0896c88d-e151-46ef-9cd7-8bb05ab9934a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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