republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1716.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lower American River Conservancy Program."
description: "The Urban American River Parkway Preservation Act adopts the American River Parkway Plan to provide coordination among governmental agencies in the protection and management of the natural land, water, native wildlife, and vegetation of the American River Parkway and requires actions of state and local agencies with regard to land use decisions be consistent with the plan, as provided. Existing law establishes the Wildlife Conservation Board within the Department of Fish and Wildlife and requires the board to investigate, study, and determine areas in the state that are most suitable for certain wildlife-related purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1716"
citation: "California AB 1716 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Lower American River Conservancy Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-01-27"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44041003-fc49-49d3-8478-4db3c2943e86"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716"
source_hash: "c87fc925b2212a53acf03abee8cb02a628f8a08d1f5d51d5310bade8f9d0318b"
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 1716 (20152016) — Lower American River Conservancy Program.

The Urban American River Parkway Preservation Act adopts the American River Parkway Plan to provide coordination among governmental agencies in the protection and management of the natural land, water, native wildlife, and vegetation of the American River Parkway and requires actions of state and local agencies with regard to land use decisions be consistent with the plan, as provided. Existing law establishes the Wildlife Conservation Board within the Department of Fish and Wildlife and requires the board to investigate, study, and determine areas in the state that are most suitable for certain wildlife-related purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716&version=20150AB171699INT)
2. **04/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716&version=20150AB171698AMD)
3. **06/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716&version=20150AB171697AMD)
4. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716&version=20150AB171696AMD)
5. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716&version=20150AB171695AMD)
6. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716&version=20150AB171694AMD)
7. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716&version=20150AB171692CHP)
8. **AB1716** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716)
9. **09/01/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1716&version=20150AB171693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1716 McCarty By Pan — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1716 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–20** (pass) · lower
- AB 1716 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — **59–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–2** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)
- Cooley — author (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 5130.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-09** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 5311.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 6447.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 375, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44041003-fc49-49d3-8478-4db3c2943e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).