Existing law, until January 1, 2016, establishes the California Sea Otter Fund and allows taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be transferred to the fund. Existing law requires money in that fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be allocated to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for the purposes of establishing a sea otter fund to be used for sea otter conservation, and to the State Coastal Conservancy for competitive grants and contracts for research, projects, and programs related to the Federal Sea Otter Recovery Plan or improving the nearshore ocean ecosystem.
California SB 17 (20152016) — California Sea Otter Fund.
Existing law, until January 1, 2016, establishes the California Sea Otter Fund and allows taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be transferred to the fund. Existing law requires money in that fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be allocated to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for the purposes of establishing a sea otter fund to be used for sea otter conservation, and to the State Coastal Conservancy for competitive grants and contracts for research, projects, and programs related to the Federal Sea Otter Recovery Plan or improving the nearshore ocean ecosystem.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
SB 17 Monning Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 35–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Monning — primary (person)
Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
Mark Stone — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-12-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2014-12-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
2015-01-15 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2015-03-19 Set for hearing April 8.
2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 523.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 20.
2015-04-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1702.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 743.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-07-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2431.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-07-16 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2015-07-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2015-08-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-08-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d01276b-67f4-4e20-980a-6f8c89514db3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).