republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-262.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marine resources: commercial fishing and aquaculture: regulation of operations."
description: "(1) Existing law regulating commercial fishing imposes, or authorizes the imposition of, various license, permit, and registration fees. Existing law requires specified persons to pay landing fees relating to the sale of fish quarterly to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, based on a rate schedule applicable to listed aquatic species. Existing law authorizes the department to assess a fee on persons growing aquaculture products on public lands and in public waters based on the price per pound of the products sold, not to exceed the rates provided in the rate schedule applicable to wild-caught aquatic species."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "California SB 262 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine resources: commercial fishing and aquaculture: regulation of operations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/210e5a7c-14f0-406c-8610-ac7e6111f379"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262"
source_hash: "019edefaa38a2381a70f67bdb88b299735a951db725a9ce9b2d4f500882db276"
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 SB 262 (20192020) — Marine resources: commercial fishing and aquaculture: regulation of operations.

(1) Existing law regulating commercial fishing imposes, or authorizes the imposition of, various license, permit, and registration fees. Existing law requires specified persons to pay landing fees relating to the sale of fish quarterly to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, based on a rate schedule applicable to listed aquatic species. Existing law authorizes the department to assess a fee on persons growing aquaculture products on public lands and in public waters based on the price per pound of the products sold, not to exceed the rates provided in the rate schedule applicable to wild-caught aquatic species.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262&version=20190SB26299INT)
2. **03/18/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262&version=20190SB26298AMD)
3. **06/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262&version=20190SB26297AMD)
4. **07/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262&version=20190SB26296AMD)
5. **09/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262&version=20190SB26295AMD)
6. **10/02/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262&version=20190SB26293CHP)
7. **SB262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262)
8. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB262&version=20190SB26294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 262 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Mark Stone — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB262 McGuire Concurrence — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2019-03-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 439.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2019-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 598.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 745.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-21** August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3437.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 2888.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/210e5a7c-14f0-406c-8610-ac7e6111f379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).