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Bill	Wildlife Conservation Board: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program.	The Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 establishes the Wildlife Conservation Board and requires the board to determine the areas in the state that are most essential and suitable for certain wildlife-related purposes. Under that law, the Wildlife Conservation Board may authorize the Department of Fish and Wildlife or the State Public Works Board to acquire real property, rights in real property, water, or water rights for the benefit of wildlife.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2421	California AB 2421 (20172018)	bill	Wildlife Conservation Board: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program.	enacted	Mark Stone	7	25	8	2018-02-14	2018-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d8216f76-0488-4801-a657-d6857a6ac0c7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2421	a4f47850c98268c7dbd6f49bf8dd2df09c8038911924f885e496b0932850ba21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2421 (20172018) — Wildlife Conservation Board: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program.

The Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 establishes the Wildlife Conservation Board and requires the board to determine the areas in the state that are most essential and suitable for certain wildlife-related purposes. Under that law, the Wildlife Conservation Board may authorize the Department of Fish and Wildlife or the State Public Works Board to acquire real property, rights in real property, water, or water rights for the benefit of wildlife.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2421 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2421 Mark Stone et al. By Galgiani — 33–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2421 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 69–8 (pass) · lower
• AB 2421 STONE Assembly Third Reading — 67–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark Stone — primary (person)
• Baker — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
• Irwin — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2018-03-05 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2018-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 Coauthors revised.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 4. Page 5423.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 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. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 5698.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 8. Page 6818.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 760, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8216f76-0488-4801-a657-d6857a6ac0c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).