Endangered species: accidental take associated with routine and ongoing agricultural activities: state safe harbor agreements.
(1) Existing law, the California Endangered Species Act, prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations. Under the act, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may authorize the take of listed species pursuant to an incidental take permit if the take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity, the impacts are minimized and fully mitigated, and the issuance of the permit would not jeopardize the continued existence of the species. The act requires the department to adopt regulations for the issuance of incidental take permits. Existing law also provides that a violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime.
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SB 62
California SB 62 (20192020)
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Endangered species: accidental take associated with routine and ongoing agricultural activities: state safe harbor agreements.
California SB 62 (20192020) — Endangered species: accidental take associated with routine and ongoing agricultural activities: state safe harbor agreements.
(1) Existing law, the California Endangered Species Act, prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations. Under the act, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may authorize the take of listed species pursuant to an incidental take permit if the take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity, the impacts are minimized and fully mitigated, and the issuance of the permit would not jeopardize the continued existence of the species. The act requires the department to adopt regulations for the issuance of incidental take permits. Existing law also provides that 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.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
SB 62 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Mathis — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-03 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2019-01-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
2019-01-07 Read first time. reading-1
2019-01-16 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2019-02-20 Set for hearing March 12.
2019-02-25 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
2019-03-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 332.) (March 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-03-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
2019-04-11 April 22 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2019-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 968.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1001.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
2019-06-18 Coauthors revised.
2019-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2627.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-07-11 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-07-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-07-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 137, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9afa9146-fcb3-4df1-b23d-4c2b72350f90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).