republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-559.md

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Bill	Monarch butterflies: conservation.	Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife and sets forth the duties of that department, which include administering various programs for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife resources.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 559	California AB 559 (20152016)	bill	Monarch butterflies: conservation.	enacted	Lopez	7	30	8	2015-02-23	2015-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/4dac4417-40fc-4304-877d-25a3665deaae	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB559	2548e1765a30caee9bc0e11a051ab4bbed4307a497776b84f9d2839bc3c62d25	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 559 (20152016) — Monarch butterflies: conservation.

Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife and sets forth the duties of that department, which include administering various programs for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife resources.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/04/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB559 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 559 LOPEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB559 Lopez By Jackson — 28–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB559 Lopez By Jackson — 27–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 559 LOPEZ Assembly Third Reading — 58–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lopez — primary (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
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 1218.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2015-06-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-16 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
• 2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 2308.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-03 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2015-09-03 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2015-09-04 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
• 2015-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2691.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 3142.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dac4417-40fc-4304-877d-25a3665deaae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).