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type: "Bill"
title: "California Spiny Lobster Commission."
description: "Existing law provides for various commissions to promote the marketing and production of agricultural or seafood commodities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 944"
citation: "California AB 944 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California Spiny Lobster Commission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c3fba4f-5a45-4072-b68d-5af0cb5c24aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944"
source_hash: "d1b89d75358fbd6b36933d72bdf8278e77de6bce42aadd890f87752eb2253f67"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94499INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94498AMD)
3. **04/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94497AMD)
4. **04/27/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94496AMD)
5. **06/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94495AMD)
6. **07/18/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94494AMD)
7. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94492CHP)
8. **AB944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944)
9. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94493ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 944 LIMÓN Assembly Third Reading — **714** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **150** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB944 Limón By Atkins — **316** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- AB 944 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **696** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c3fba4f-5a45-4072-b68d-5af0cb5c24aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).