republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2196.md

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Bill	Beaver restoration.	Existing law, except as provided, authorizes any owner or tenant of land or property that is being damaged or destroyed or is in danger of being damaged or destroyed by certain animals, including, among others, the beaver, to apply to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for a permit to kill the animals. Under existing law, it is unlawful for any person to trap any fur-bearing mammal for purposes of recreation or commerce in fur. Under existing law, a violation of the Fish and Game Code, or of any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under that code, is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2196	California AB 2196 (20232024)	bill	Beaver restoration	enacted	Connolly	7	25	8	2024-02-07	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/3f92c517-9fd4-4b2c-b61a-d5d04f27e4a7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2196	b581c46f0e7fe89ea5ae685f3ed383231461d39d1affb0409421dd5c12c429a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2196 (20232024) — Beaver restoration.

Existing law, except as provided, authorizes any owner or tenant of land or property that is being damaged or destroyed or is in danger of being damaged or destroyed by certain animals, including, among others, the beaver, to apply to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for a permit to kill the animals. Under existing law, it is unlawful for any person to trap any fur-bearing mammal for purposes of recreation or commerce in fur. Under existing law, a violation of the Fish and Game Code, or of any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under that code, is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/04/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2196 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2196 Connolly Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2196 Connolly Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Connolly — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2024-03-18 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5428.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 705, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f92c517-9fd4-4b2c-b61a-d5d04f27e4a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).