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Bill	Regional conservation investment strategies.	Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife in the Natural Resources Agency. Under existing law, the department has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species. The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of an endangered, threatened, or candidate species, except as specified. Under the act, the department may authorize the take of listed species if the take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity and the impacts are minimized and fully mitigated. Existing law prohibits an entity from substantially diverting or obstructing the natural flow of, or substantially changing or using any material from the bed, channel, or bank of, any river, stream, or lake, or from depositing certain material where it may pass into any river, stream, or lake, without first notifying the department of that activity, and entering into a lake or streambed alteration agreement if required by the department to protect fish and wildlife resources.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2087	California AB 2087 (20152016)	bill	Regional conservation investment strategies.	enacted	Levine	11	35	8	2016-02-17	2016-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/06da1029-2f11-4226-8ae9-afcb88ac009c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2087	de18024923356d70efbdd21d6ace76e0555a2b65967f9f65dc8f41333016bcd8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2087 (20152016) — Regional conservation investment strategies.

Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife in the Natural Resources Agency. Under existing law, the department has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species. The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of an endangered, threatened, or candidate species, except as specified. Under the act, the department may authorize the take of listed species if the take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity and the impacts are minimized and fully mitigated. Existing law prohibits an entity from substantially diverting or obstructing the natural flow of, or substantially changing or using any material from the bed, channel, or bank of, any river, stream, or lake, or from depositing certain material where it may pass into any river, stream, or lake, without first notifying the department of that activity, and entering into a lake or streambed alteration agreement if required by the department to protect fish and wildlife resources.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB2087 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2087 Levine By Allen — 25–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2087 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — 52–20 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2087 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2016-02-29 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 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
• 2016-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 20. Page 5249.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-06 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
• 2016-06-22 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
• 2016-06-30 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
• 2016-08-01 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
• 2016-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 Measure version as amended on August 16 corrected. amendment-passage
• 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
• 2016-08-31 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-08-31 Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 5565.)
• 2016-08-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-31 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-08-31 (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5585.)
• 2016-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 5591.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2016-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6580.)
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 6581.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06da1029-2f11-4226-8ae9-afcb88ac009c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).