republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2001.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fully protected fish: Owens pupfish: California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act."
description: "Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of a fully protected fish, except as provided, and designates the Owens pupfish as a fully protected fish. Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is authorized to permit the taking of a fully protected fish for necessary scientific research, including efforts to recover fully protected, threatened, or endangered species."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2001"
citation: "California AB 2001 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fully protected fish: Owens pupfish: California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a31325c2-348a-4ddb-8942-4cfa1535731c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001"
source_hash: "1ea62d7ef86f8a48265434e8741c7f32614f1636c56239ad4ef8fc0a277b3ef8"
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 2001 (20152016) — Fully protected fish: Owens pupfish: California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act.

Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of a fully protected fish, except as provided, and designates the Owens pupfish as a fully protected fish. Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is authorized to permit the taking of a fully protected fish for necessary scientific research, including efforts to recover fully protected, threatened, or endangered species.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001&version=20150AB200199INT)
2. **03/10/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001&version=20150AB200198AMD)
3. **05/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001&version=20150AB200197AMD)
4. **06/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001&version=20150AB200196AMD)
5. **06/27/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001&version=20150AB200195AMD)
6. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001&version=20150AB200194AMD)
7. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001&version=20150AB200192CHP)
8. **AB2001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001)
9. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2001&version=20150AB200193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2001 MATHIS Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2001 MATHIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2001 Mathis By Berryhill — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mathis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** 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`
- **2016-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4594.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-16** 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`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-02** From Consent Calendar.
- **2016-08-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5015.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6111.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 515, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a31325c2-348a-4ddb-8942-4cfa1535731c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).