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Bill	Natural resources.	(1) The California Constitution establishes the 5-member Fish and Game Commission, with members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate. Existing statutory law requires the commissioners to annually elect one of their number as president and one as vice president, by a concurrent vote of at least 3 commissioners. Existing law prohibits a president or vice president from serving more than 2 consecutive years.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 809	California SB 809 (20172018)	bill	Natural resources.	enacted	Committee on Natural Resources and Water	7	28	7	2017-03-08	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b4314cc6-f2a9-458f-86f4-749415d181d5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB809	26edea886acf00b5ad3c4dc11a879ea9ef840400abf3e5711c87d76818a98739	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 809 (20172018) — Natural resources.

(1) The California Constitution establishes the 5-member Fish and Game Commission, with members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate. Existing statutory law requires the commissioners to annually elect one of their number as president and one as vice president, by a concurrent vote of at least 3 commissioners. Existing law prohibits a president or vice president from serving more than 2 consecutive years.

Version chain

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

1. 03/08/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/05/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB809 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent Calendar # SB809 N.R. & W. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB809 N.R. & W. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 809 N.R. & W. Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Natural Resources and Water — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-03-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 8.
• 2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2017-03-24 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2017-04-18 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
• 2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 829.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1150.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Coms. on W.,P., & W. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-26 June 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2765.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2353.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-06 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 521, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4314cc6-f2a9-458f-86f4-749415d181d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).