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Bill	Wild game mammals: accidental taking and possession of wildlife: collision with a vehicle: wildlife salvage permits.	(1) Existing law delegates to the Fish and Game Commission the power to regulate the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, except as provided. Existing law provides that the accidental taking of a bird, mammal, reptile, or amphibian by collision with a motor vehicle while the vehicle is being operated on a road or highway is not a violation of law. Existing law authorizes the state or local agency having jurisdiction of a road or highway to remove an accidental take from the road or highway. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 395	California SB 395 (20192020)	bill	Wild game mammals: accidental taking and possession of wildlife: collision with a vehicle: wildlife salvage permits.	enacted	Archuleta	8	29	8	2019-02-20	2019-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/3dec3d6e-ad72-402c-a398-2d444e7eb992	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB395	b0a9ff55ce003d50849dcde712382cd2c7d1c1083b8e3cd3d9ba6fbb23090cdb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 395 (20192020) — Wild game mammals: accidental taking and possession of wildlife: collision with a vehicle: wildlife salvage permits.

(1) Existing law delegates to the Fish and Game Commission the power to regulate the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, except as provided. Existing law provides that the accidental taking of a bird, mammal, reptile, or amphibian by collision with a motor vehicle while the vehicle is being operated on a road or highway is not a violation of law. Existing law authorizes the state or local agency having jurisdiction of a road or highway to remove an accidental take from the road or highway. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/29/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/06/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/13/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB395 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 395 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — 63–5 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB395 Archuleta et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–1 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB395 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Archuleta — primary (person)
• Dahle — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Nielsen — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 622.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2019-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1098.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1275.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 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
• 2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-07-03 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. (Ayes 17. Noes 1.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 5. Page 3435.) 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 40. Noes 0. Page 2890.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 869, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3dec3d6e-ad72-402c-a398-2d444e7eb992. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).