republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3162.md

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Bill	Octopus: aquaculture: prohibition.	Existing law provides for the regulation and development of aquaculture and requires the owner of each aquaculture facility to register with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law makes it unlawful to spawn, incubate, or cultivate any transgenic species of finfish belonging to the family Salmonidae anywhere in this state, except as specified. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 3162	California AB 3162 (20232024)	bill	Octopus aquaculture prohibition	enacted	Bennett	6	25	8	2024-02-16	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/07573c91-b421-4f14-9954-c9e8ef5ce03c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3162	31ba683c84f56a6113b826e5ddaad709d9712786f0b4b1dddd111ca99c6adcd7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3162 (20232024) — Octopus: aquaculture: prohibition.

Existing law provides for the regulation and development of aquaculture and requires the owner of each aquaculture facility to register with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law makes it unlawful to spawn, incubate, or cultivate any transgenic species of finfish belonging to the family Salmonidae anywhere in this state, except as specified. 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.

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB3162 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB3162 Bennett et al. By Min — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3162 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — 51–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3162 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Friedman — author (person)
• Kalra — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2024-03-11 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-04-04 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
• 2024-04-08 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 12. Noes 1.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 10. Page 4918.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-15 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. 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: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 10.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-05 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 758, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07573c91-b421-4f14-9954-c9e8ef5ce03c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).