Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.
Existing law establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government to, among other things, establish policies to coordinate the collection, evaluation, and sharing of scientific data related to coastal and ocean resources among agencies. Existing law requires the council to develop and implement a voluntary sustainable seafood promotion program for the state, to consist of specified components, including a competitive grant and loan program for eligible entities, including, but not limited to, fishery groups and associations, for the purpose of assisting California fisheries in qualifying for certification to internationally accepted standards for sustainable seafood.
California AB 14 (20252026) — Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.
Existing law establishes the Ocean Protection Council in state government to, among other things, establish policies to coordinate the collection, evaluation, and sharing of scientific data related to coastal and ocean resources among agencies. Existing law requires the council to develop and implement a voluntary sustainable seafood promotion program for the state, to consist of specified components, including a competitive grant and loan program for eligible entities, including, but not limited to, fishery groups and associations, for the purpose of assisting California fisheries in qualifying for certification to internationally accepted standards for sustainable seafood.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 14 Hart Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
AB 14 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB14 Hart et al. By Limón — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hart — primary (person)
Addis — coauthor (person)
Bennett — author (person)
Blakespear — coauthor (person)
Boerner — coauthor (person)
Connolly — author (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Pellerin — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2025-02-03 Referred to Coms. on W. P., & W. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2025-03-13 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
2025-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. referral-committee
2025-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1385.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-14 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. referral-committee
2025-05-23 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
2025-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-07-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-07-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-25 Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-25 In Senate. Held at Desk.
2025-08-29 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
2025-08-29 Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2661.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3210.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 606, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c81e3694-4376-4449-b60c-827e8086feb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).