republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-809.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Salmonid populations: California Monitoring Program."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to contract with the University of California to conduct a study on the effects that reduced waterflows at the mouths and upstream estuaries of certain rivers would have on salmon and steelhead populations and restoration or reintroduction programs, subject to the availability of funds. Additionally, the Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries Program Act, among other things, requires the department, with the advice of specified committees, to prepare and maintain a detailed and comprehensive program for the protection and increase of salmon, steelhead trout, and anadromous fisheries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 809"
citation: "California AB 809 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Monitoring Program", "Salmonid populations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08fb5cba-d3f9-4869-9889-1584b7408279"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB809"
source_hash: "63636541c8074c74183b62a0e5f1ef1c0ff2afabc677f6561a009218f63a7f72"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 809 (20232024) — Salmonid populations: California Monitoring Program.

Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to contract with the University of California to conduct a study on the effects that reduced waterflows at the mouths and upstream estuaries of certain rivers would have on salmon and steelhead populations and restoration or reintroduction programs, subject to the availability of funds. Additionally, the Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries Program Act, among other things, requires the department, with the advice of specified committees, to prepare and maintain a detailed and comprehensive program for the protection and increase of salmon, steelhead trout, and anadromous fisheries.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB809&version=20230AB80999INT)
2. **03/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB809&version=20230AB80998AMD)
3. **06/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB809&version=20230AB80997AMD)
4. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB809&version=20230AB80996AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB809&version=20230AB80994CHP)
6. **AB809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB809)
7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB809&version=20230AB80995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 809 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 809 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB809 Bennett By Min — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** 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`
- **2023-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1870.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** 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`
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2766.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3549.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08fb5cba-d3f9-4869-9889-1584b7408279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).