republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-697.md

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Bill	Protected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.	Existing law, the California Endangered Species Act, prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations, including, if specified conditions are met, under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife commonly known as an incidental take permit. Existing law also enumerates fully protected species and prohibits the take of fully protected species, except under limited circumstances.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 697	California AB 697 (20252026)	bill	Protectedspecies StateRoute37project authorizedtake	enacted	Wilson	5	19	5	2025-02-14	2025-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/86d5d6c4-7483-42c1-928e-51e79e9fdf8d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB697	6c851ecafaf17b7d0a31c828ad6556a0b8374c6dd162ab6532885e7dc2d0aab4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 697 (20252026) — Protected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.

Existing law, the California Endangered Species Act, prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations, including, if specified conditions are met, under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife commonly known as an incidental take permit. Existing law also enumerates fully protected species and prohibits the take of fully protected species, except under limited circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/06/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/07/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB697 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB697 Wilson By Cabaldon — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 697 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2025-03-17 Referred to Com. on W. P., & W. referral-committee
• 2025-05-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-05-06 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2021.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2507.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86d5d6c4-7483-42c1-928e-51e79e9fdf8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).