republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-147.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fully protected species: California Endangered Species Act: authorized take."
description: "The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species and to add or remove species from either list if it finds, upon the receipt of sufficient scientific information, as specified, that the action is warranted. The act prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations, including, if specified conditions are met, through the issuance of a permit commonly known as an incidental take permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "California SB 147 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Endangered Species Act", "Fully protected species", "authorized take"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad142c8d-4e34-4c2a-a7e2-e14d2dfebfaf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB147"
source_hash: "3ea02d40fcb1b388a3ff6c69dcca520d944858f2997da9bca4ef152b528814ad"
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 SB 147 (20232024) — Fully protected species: California Endangered Species Act: authorized take.

The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species and to add or remove species from either list if it finds, upon the receipt of sufficient scientific information, as specified, that the action is warranted. The act prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations, including, if specified conditions are met, through the issuance of a permit commonly known as an incidental take permit.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB147&version=20230SB14799INT)
2. **06/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB147&version=20230SB14798AMD)
3. **07/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB147&version=20230SB14796CHP)
4. **SB147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB147)
5. **07/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB147&version=20230SB14797ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB147 Ashby Urgency Clause Concurrence — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 147 Ashby Third Reading Urgency By BAUER-KAHAN — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB147 B. & F.R. — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.)
- **2023-03-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 501.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 2369.)
- **2023-06-26** Action rescinded whereby Joint Rule 62(a) was suspended.
- **2023-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 2472.)
- **2023-06-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2481.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-07-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-07-05** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2023-07-05** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 1896.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 59, 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/ad142c8d-4e34-4c2a-a7e2-e14d2dfebfaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).