Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of any fully protected fish, except as provided, and designates the unarmored threespine stickleback as a fully protected fish. The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except as specified. The Department of Fish and Wildlife 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.
California AB 353 (20152016) — Protected species: take: Bouquet Canyon: habitat restoration project.
Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of any fully protected fish, except as provided, and designates the unarmored threespine stickleback as a fully protected fish. The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except as specified. The Department of Fish and Wildlife 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2015-03-26 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
2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2015-04-22 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
2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1447.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2616.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2015-09-10 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3076.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 620, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c25bd803-561d-4b54-8511-3f80451f5a71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).