republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-2809.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission: Suisun Marsh Preservation Act of 1977."
description: "(1) Existing law sets forth a comprehensive plan for the conservation of the waters of the San Francisco Bay and the development of its shoreline and delegates to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission authority to implement the plan. Existing law requires any person or governmental agency wishing to place fill, to extract materials, or to make any substantial change in the use of any water, land, or structure within the shoreline and body of the bay to, among other things, secure a permit from the commission, which has authority to impose permit conditions and civilly enforce permit requirements, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2809"
citation: "California AB 2809 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission: Suisun Marsh Preservation Act of 1977."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/579435d2-6dc2-4080-ae2f-9eb5c3112785"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2809"
source_hash: "4fdafb97ce888a09be9f160da08c65d739cbd8aa7625efdfa268039a3c770b3f"
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 2809 (20192020) — San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission: Suisun Marsh Preservation Act of 1977.

(1) Existing law sets forth a comprehensive plan for the conservation of the waters of the San Francisco Bay and the development of its shoreline and delegates to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission authority to implement the plan. Existing law requires any person or governmental agency wishing to place fill, to extract materials, or to make any substantial change in the use of any water, land, or structure within the shoreline and body of the bay to, among other things, secure a permit from the commission, which has authority to impose permit conditions and civilly enforce permit requirements, as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2809&version=20190AB280999INT)
2. **05/18/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2809&version=20190AB280998AMD)
3. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2809&version=20190AB280996CHP)
4. **AB2809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2809)
5. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2809&version=20190AB280997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2809 Mullin Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB2809 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2020-03-12** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-05-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4826.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4383.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 220, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/579435d2-6dc2-4080-ae2f-9eb5c3112785`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).