republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-609.md

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California SB 609 (20252026) — Fish: commercial fishing.

(1) Existing law requires the receipts, reports, or other records filed with the department pursuant to specified laws, and the information contained therein, to, except as provided, be confidential and to not be public records, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB609 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 609 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2025-03-05 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Set for hearing March 25.
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 532.) (March 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 706.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-21 April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1206.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1306.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on W. P., & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-28 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 227, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f3cdbd1-dfd2-41c4-8f1b-18aeeb479596. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).