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type: "Bill"
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title: "California Spiny Lobster Commission."
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description: "Existing law provides for various commissions to promote the marketing and production of agricultural or seafood commodities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 944"
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citation: "California AB 944 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["California Spiny Lobster Commission."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-02-16"
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last_action: "2017-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c3fba4f-5a45-4072-b68d-5af0cb5c24aa"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944"
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source_hash: "d1b89d75358fbd6b36933d72bdf8278e77de6bce42aadd890f87752eb2253f67"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 944 (20172018) — California Spiny Lobster Commission.
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Existing law provides for various commissions to promote the marketing and production of agricultural or seafood commodities.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94499INT)
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2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94498AMD)
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3. **04/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94497AMD)
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4. **04/27/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94496AMD)
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5. **06/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94495AMD)
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6. **07/18/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94494AMD)
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7. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94492CHP)
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8. **AB944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944)
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9. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB944&version=20170AB94493ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 944 LIMÓN Assembly Third Reading — **71–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB944 Limón By Atkins — **31–6** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 944 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Limón — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2017-03-27** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2017-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2017-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 1797.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-08** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2017-07-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2495.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 6. Page 3112.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 503, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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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).
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