republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-495.md

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Bill	Protected species: blunt-nosed leopard lizard: taking or possession.	Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of a fully protected reptile or amphibian, except as provided, and designates the blunt-nosed leopard lizard as a fully protected reptile. The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except as specified. Under that act, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is permitted to authorize, by permit, the take of listed species if the take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity and the impacts are minimized and fully mitigated.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 495	California SB 495 (20172018)	bill	Protected species: blunt-nosed leopard lizard: taking or possession.	enacted	Vidak	7	29	3	2017-02-16	2018-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f18ce3e0-5c64-4610-a992-206d89c4b416	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB495	76560cf12dc1f697c40907e6c3111aebc3161d81f69e7f1e23987539211b6ae3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 495 (20172018) — Protected species: blunt-nosed leopard lizard: taking or possession.

Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of a fully protected reptile or amphibian, except as provided, and designates the blunt-nosed leopard lizard as a fully protected reptile. The California Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except as specified. Under that act, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is permitted to authorize, by permit, the take of listed species if the take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity and the impacts are minimized and fully mitigated.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB495 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/10/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB495 Vidak et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 495 Vidak Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vidak — primary (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2017-03-09 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2017-04-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 769.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2018-04-23 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 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
• 2018-06-12 Coauthors revised.
• 2018-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-07-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6110.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-06 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5170.) Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-07 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 5202.) committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5224.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 224, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f18ce3e0-5c64-4610-a992-206d89c4b416. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).