republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-504.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fish: sea cucumbers: transgenic fish."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish fish hatcheries for stocking the waters of California with fish and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to maintain and operate those hatcheries. Existing law also authorizes county boards of supervisors to establish and maintain fish hatcheries and authorizes the commission to issue permits to nonprofit organizations to construct and operate anadromous fish hatcheries. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is generally a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 504"
citation: "California AB 504 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish: sea cucumbers: transgenic fish."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daccc38a-f114-406e-9627-419c4a2266d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504"
source_hash: "460785df148da9d0a9dca91e3653d4e797310a54a85a26d380f1079a976fac86"
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 504 (20132014) — Fish: sea cucumbers: transgenic fish.

(1) Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish fish hatcheries for stocking the waters of California with fish and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to maintain and operate those hatcheries. Existing law also authorizes county boards of supervisors to establish and maintain fish hatcheries and authorizes the commission to issue permits to nonprofit organizations to construct and operate anadromous fish hatcheries. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is generally a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50499INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50498AMD)
3. **03/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50497AMD)
4. **04/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50496AMD)
5. **05/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50495AMD)
6. **07/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50494AMD)
7. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50493AMD)
8. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50492AMD)
9. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50491AMD)
10. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50489CHP)
11. **AB504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504)
12. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB504&version=20130AB50490ENR)

## Votes

- Be referred to Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB504 Chesbro By Padilla — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 504 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–19** (pass) · lower
- AB 504 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 6). Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-23** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-27** From consent calendar.
- **2014-01-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3723.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-24** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 4857.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6571.)
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 6572.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 444, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daccc38a-f114-406e-9627-419c4a2266d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).