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Bill	Public resources.	(1) The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. Under the act, an interested person may petition the commission to add a species to, or remove a species from, either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species, and existing law requires the commission to consider the petition at a meeting, as prescribed. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, establishes additional procedures for the review of a petition, including public hearings and public comment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2549	California AB 2549 (20152016)	bill	Public resources.	enacted	Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife	8	26	6	2016-02-19	2016-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/a6ac657a-0329-4ae9-bdc4-18763417331f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2549	adcc5d92b9c96130c505c37cfadaa7e558396a32b9d8b6f94790c690e9a4406e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2549 (20152016) — Public resources.

(1) The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species, and requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to recommend, and the commission to adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened. Under the act, an interested person may petition the commission to add a species to, or remove a species from, either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species, and existing law requires the commission to consider the petition at a meeting, as prescribed. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, establishes additional procedures for the review of a petition, including public hearings and public comment.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/09/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2549 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/16/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2549 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB2549 W., P., & W.(Levine) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2549 W., P. & W. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LEVINE — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-08 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-03-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-04 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
• 2016-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4871.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-26 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2016-06-06 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
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-08-01 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 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-08-08 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4877.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5814.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2016-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6ac657a-0329-4ae9-bdc4-18763417331f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).