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Bill	Wild pigs: validations.	(1) Existing law defines the term "wild pig" for purposes of managing, taking, or hunting that species and classifies the wild pig as a game mammal. Under existing law, a mammal occurring naturally in California that is not a game mammal, fully protected mammal, or fur-bearing mammal is a nongame mammal. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare a plan for the management of wild pigs and lists certain content that may be included in the plan.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 856	California SB 856 (20212022)	bill	Wild pigs: validations.	enacted	Dodd	10	34	8	2022-01-19	2022-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/c80536c0-c8fd-4743-acb1-c7599f7b950e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB856	9c2bef49b62e3569463ab0b92f2462713937ca86dca743438d6157653826013b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 856 (20212022) — Wild pigs: validations.

(1) Existing law defines the term "wild pig" for purposes of managing, taking, or hunting that species and classifies the wild pig as a game mammal. Under existing law, a mammal occurring naturally in California that is not a game mammal, fully protected mammal, or fur-bearing mammal is a nongame mammal. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare a plan for the management of wild pigs and lists certain content that may be included in the plan.

Version chain

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

1. 01/19/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/29/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/16/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/22/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB856 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/25/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB856 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 856 Dodd Senate Third Reading By DAHLE — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)
• Bigelow — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
• 2022-01-26 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2022-02-07 (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
• 2022-02-07 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
• 2022-02-11 Set for hearing March 8.
• 2022-03-08 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3048.) (March 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 4.
• 2022-04-04 April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3771.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-23 Ordered to second reading.
• 2022-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3981.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6039.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5009.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 469, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c80536c0-c8fd-4743-acb1-c7599f7b950e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).