republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-454.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Migratory birds: California Migratory Bird Protection Act."
description: "Existing federal law, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, provides for the protection of migratory birds, as specified. The federal act also authorizes states and territories of the United States to make and enforce laws or regulations that give further protection to migratory birds, their nests, and eggs. Existing state law makes unlawful the taking or possession of any migratory nongame bird, or part of any migratory nongame bird, as designated in the federal act, except as provided by rules and regulations adopted by the United States Secretary of the Interior under provisions of the federal act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 454"
citation: "California AB 454 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Migratory birds: California Migratory Bird Protection Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0406d0b-4b99-41fe-8b53-22bf89ace263"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB454"
source_hash: "ca79cec48a9af50e48daef046d653f27c0e795eaf00ff20179a1004faffd6064"
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 454 (20192020) — Migratory birds: California Migratory Bird Protection Act.

Existing federal law, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, provides for the protection of migratory birds, as specified. The federal act also authorizes states and territories of the United States to make and enforce laws or regulations that give further protection to migratory birds, their nests, and eggs. Existing state law makes unlawful the taking or possession of any migratory nongame bird, or part of any migratory nongame bird, as designated in the federal act, except as provided by rules and regulations adopted by the United States Secretary of the Interior under provisions of the federal act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB454&version=20190AB45499INT)
2. **05/16/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB454&version=20190AB45498AMD)
3. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB454&version=20190AB45496CHP)
4. **AB454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB454)
5. **09/04/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB454&version=20190AB45497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 454 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **55–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB454 Kalra By Skinner — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 1932.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2443.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 349, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0406d0b-4b99-41fe-8b53-22bf89ace263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).