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Bill	Wildlife connectivity: transportation projects.	Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species. Existing law authorizes DFW to approve compensatory mitigation credits for wildlife connectivity actions taken under specified programs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2344	California AB 2344 (20212022)	bill	Wildlife connectivity: transportation projects.	enacted	Friedman	7	28	10	2022-02-16	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/4af8453a-5a6d-492f-a142-856c8147fe15	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2344	230ded739ee54dcb728102da353627b88e39134626767e5b0569264e6af60f8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2344 (20212022) — Wildlife connectivity: transportation projects.

Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species. Existing law authorizes DFW to approve compensatory mitigation credits for wildlife connectivity actions taken under specified programs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/24/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2344 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2344 Friedman et al. By Stern — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2344 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2344 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — 58–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Friedman — primary (person)
• Allen — principal coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — author (person)
• Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2022-03-03 Referred to Coms. on W.,P., & W. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2022-04-19 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 7. Page 4991.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5207.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 9.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 964, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4af8453a-5a6d-492f-a142-856c8147fe15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).