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Bill	Bees: apiculture: state-owned lands.	Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to consider permitting apiculture on department-managed wildlife areas, and requires the department to determine, when developing or amending its land management plans, the appropriate use or permit fee to be assessed for conducting apiculture on department-managed wildlife areas.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1259	California AB 1259 (20152016)	bill	Bees: apiculture: state-owned lands.	enacted	Levine	8	26	8	2015-02-27	2015-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/55d8f550-2d95-4603-937a-93a20321ab20	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1259	519de454826b4f236a28df1ef43a7bd62150e4c1bc5db5c9f93bf693011e9d7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1259 (20152016) — Bees: apiculture: state-owned lands.

Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to consider permitting apiculture on department-managed wildlife areas, and requires the department to determine, when developing or amending its land management plans, the appropriate use or permit fee to be assessed for conducting apiculture on department-managed wildlife areas.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1259 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/09/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1259 Levine By Vidak Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1259 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1259 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-29 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1450.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2015-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-13 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2482.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-04 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2915.)
• 2015-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2920.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55d8f550-2d95-4603-937a-93a20321ab20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).