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Bill	Falconry: American peregrine falcons.	Existing law authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to adopt regulations for the possession or training, and the capture, importation, exportation, or intrastate transfer, of birds in the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) used in the practice of falconry. Existing law authorizes the commission to authorize the issuance and provide for the revocation of licenses and permits to persons for the practice of falconry. Existing law also prohibits the taking or possession at any time of fully protected birds, as specified. Existing law designates the American peregrine falcon as a fully protected bird.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 945	California SB 945 (20212022)	bill	Falconry: American peregrine falcons.	enacted	Laird	7	30	8	2022-02-08	2022-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/2a1f6b0f-35f5-48ef-8c32-73ab7ec0b6e9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB945	2c52267d208a7bf41c598f7293f5957042060e11c02e86c2d57ddf098e671e16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 945 (20212022) — Falconry: American peregrine falcons.

Existing law authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to adopt regulations for the possession or training, and the capture, importation, exportation, or intrastate transfer, of birds in the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) used in the practice of falconry. Existing law authorizes the commission to authorize the issuance and provide for the revocation of licenses and permits to persons for the practice of falconry. Existing law also prohibits the taking or possession at any time of fully protected birds, as specified. Existing law designates the American peregrine falcon as a fully protected bird.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/07/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/29/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/22/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB945 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/24/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 945 Laird Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB945 Laird Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB945 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-08 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-09 From printer.
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2022-03-04 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2022-03-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3182.) (March 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2022-04-13 April 18 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2022-04-25 April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3776.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3931.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5947.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4935.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2022-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 471, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a1f6b0f-35f5-48ef-8c32-73ab7ec0b6e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).