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Bill	Ocean Protection Council: ocean acidification and hypoxia.	Existing law establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of the council with regard to the protection and conservation of ocean and coastal resources.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2139	California AB 2139 (20152016)	bill	Ocean Protection Council: ocean acidification and hypoxia.	enacted	Williams	9	29	10	2016-02-17	2016-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/a3f954bb-fc24-4a38-bb6b-64efb9d75866	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2139	2ba1eb9d292836232776b7ed4520fd3a34db8990203dda3ac7b4c39da1db8233	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2139 (20152016) — Ocean Protection Council: ocean acidification and hypoxia.

Existing law establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government and prescribes the membership, functions, and duties of the council with regard to the protection and conservation of ocean and coastal 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. 03/28/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/14/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2139 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/25/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2139 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — 58–22 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2139 Williams By Monning — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 14–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 2139 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Williams — primary (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Monning — coauthor (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 E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2016-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2016-03-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 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 6.) (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 58. Noes 22. Page 5186.) 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 Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. 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 1.) (June 29). 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: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 5047.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 6133.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 352, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3f954bb-fc24-4a38-bb6b-64efb9d75866. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).