Commercial fishing: drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery: permit transition program.
(1) Existing law prohibits a person from using or operating, or assisting in using or operating, a boat, aircraft, net, trap, line, or other appliance to take fish for commercial purposes unless the person holds a commercial fishing license issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law prohibits the taking of shark and swordfish for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit (DGN permit) issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery if, after a public hearing, the director determines the action is necessary to protect the swordfish or thresher shark and mako shark resources and requires the director to reopen the fishery if he or she determines that the conditions that necessitated the closure no longer exist. Existing law authorizes a DGN permit to be transferred to another person under certain circumstances. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime.
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SB 1017
California SB 1017 (20172018)
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Commercial fishing: drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery: permit transition program.
California SB 1017 (20172018) — Commercial fishing: drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery: permit transition program.
(1) Existing law prohibits a person from using or operating, or assisting in using or operating, a boat, aircraft, net, trap, line, or other appliance to take fish for commercial purposes unless the person holds a commercial fishing license issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law prohibits the taking of shark and swordfish for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit (DGN permit) issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery if, after a public hearing, the director determines the action is necessary to protect the swordfish or thresher shark and mako shark resources and requires the director to reopen the fishery if he or she determines that the conditions that necessitated the closure no longer exist. Existing law authorizes a DGN permit to be transferred to another person under certain circumstances. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1017 Allen et al. Concurrence — 36–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading SB1017 Allen et al. — 33–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1017 Allen Senate Third Reading By GLORIA — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Allen — primary (person)
Bloom — coauthor (person)
Brough — coauthor (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Chiu — coauthor (person)
Chu — coauthor (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Gabriel — coauthor (person)
Gloria — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Levine — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
Mullin — coauthor (person)
Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
2018-02-14 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2018-02-23 Set for hearing March 13.
2018-03-05 March 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-03-29 Set for hearing April 24.
2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 4787.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
2018-05-14 May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4302.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4390.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
2018-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-26 Coauthors revised.
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6778.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 6052.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 844, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e89d3bc3-e259-4927-90bc-ecc7c359545c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).