republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-498.md

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Bill	Wildlife conservation: wildlife corridors.	Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to administer the Significant Natural Areas Program, and requires the department, among other things, to develop and maintain a spatial data system that identifies those areas in the state that are most essential for maintaining habitat connectivity, including wildlife corridors and habitat linkages. Existing law requires the department, contingent upon the provision of certain funding, to investigate, study, and identify those areas in the state that are most essential as wildlife corridors and habitat linkages and prioritize vegetative data development in those areas. Existing law requires the department to seek input from representatives of other state agencies, local government, federal agencies, nongovernmental conservation organizations, landowners, agriculture, recreation, scientific entities, and industry in determining essential wildlife corridors and habitat linkages.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 498	California AB 498 (20152016)	bill	Wildlife conservation: wildlife corridors.	enacted	Levine	9	26	6	2015-02-23	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/128babd5-5a9a-4ee3-92f3-d874ae197534	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB498	ae76c29396cce863817e06c51bbc8a43707ef3e3f282bd3e2add9887c1460339	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 498 (20152016) — Wildlife conservation: wildlife corridors.

Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to administer the Significant Natural Areas Program, and requires the department, among other things, to develop and maintain a spatial data system that identifies those areas in the state that are most essential for maintaining habitat connectivity, including wildlife corridors and habitat linkages. Existing law requires the department, contingent upon the provision of certain funding, to investigate, study, and identify those areas in the state that are most essential as wildlife corridors and habitat linkages and prioritize vegetative data development in those areas. Existing law requires the department to seek input from representatives of other state agencies, local government, federal agencies, nongovernmental conservation organizations, landowners, agriculture, recreation, scientific entities, and industry in determining essential wildlife corridors and habitat linkages.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/28/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB498 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/09/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB498 Levine By Pavley — 25–13 (pass) · upper
• AB 498 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 498 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — 52–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)
• Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
• Pavley — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 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
• 2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1541.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1621.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-16 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
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2407.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 2910.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 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 625, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/128babd5-5a9a-4ee3-92f3-d874ae197534. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).