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Bill	California Spiny Lobster Commission.	Existing law provides for various commissions to promote the marketing and production of agricultural or seafood commodities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 944	California AB 944 (20172018)	bill appropriation	California Spiny Lobster Commission.	enacted	Limón	9	27	8	2017-02-16	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/8c3fba4f-5a45-4072-b68d-5af0cb5c24aa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944	d1b89d75358fbd6b36933d72bdf8278e77de6bce42aadd890f87752eb2253f67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 944 (20172018) — California Spiny Lobster Commission.

Existing law provides for various commissions to promote the marketing and production of agricultural or seafood commodities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/13/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/18/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/05/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB944 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 944 LIMÓN Assembly Third Reading — 71–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB944 Limón By Atkins — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 944 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 69–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Limón — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 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
• 2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2017-04-17 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
• 2017-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-27 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 1797.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2495.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 6. Page 3112.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 503, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c3fba4f-5a45-4072-b68d-5af0cb5c24aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).