republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1423.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial hunting clubs: Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement program: interference with hunting."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Game in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law authorizes the department to regulate commercial hunting clubs. Existing law requires a person in possession or control of property who imposes or collects a fee for the privilege of taking birds or mammals on that property, or who imposes or collects a fee for any type of entry or use permit that includes the privilege of taking birds or mammals on that property, to obtain a commercial hunting club license from the department, as prescribed. Existing law requires that license to be issued to any person upon submission of a completed application on a form approved by the Fish and Game Commission and the payment of a fee, as specified. Existing law exempts from those provisions any hunting club or program licensed under other provisions of the Fish and Game Code and any person who receives less than $50 per entrant to the club and an annual total of fees that is less than $500."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1423"
citation: "California AB 1423 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial hunting clubs: Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement program: interference with hunting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Berryhill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8b08a11-2954-4102-a57d-4df0ea843475"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423"
source_hash: "2bb78fb053f0e1030f5236fed2db523ada555b4cf2b0dbcd91dbb2dfe1d32f13"
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 1423 (20092010) — Commercial hunting clubs: Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement program: interference with hunting.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Game in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law authorizes the department to regulate commercial hunting clubs. Existing law requires a person in possession or control of property who imposes or collects a fee for the privilege of taking birds or mammals on that property, or who imposes or collects a fee for any type of entry or use permit that includes the privilege of taking birds or mammals on that property, to obtain a commercial hunting club license from the department, as prescribed. Existing law requires that license to be issued to any person upon submission of a completed application on a form approved by the Fish and Game Commission and the payment of a fee, as specified. Existing law exempts from those provisions any hunting club or program licensed under other provisions of the Fish and Game Code and any person who receives less than $50 per entrant to the club and an annual total of fees that is less than $500.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423&version=20090AB142399INT)
2. **04/15/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423&version=20090AB142398AMD)
3. **05/05/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423&version=20090AB142397AMD)
4. **06/30/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423&version=20090AB142396AMD)
5. **07/14/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423&version=20090AB142395AMD)
6. **09/03/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423&version=20090AB142394AMD)
7. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423&version=20090AB142392CHP)
8. **AB1423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423)
9. **09/16/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1423&version=20090AB142393ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1423 BERRYHILL, T. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1423 BERRYHILL, T. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1423 Tom Berryhill By Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom Berryhill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 1923.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-13** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2290.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 3268.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 394, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8b08a11-2954-4102-a57d-4df0ea843475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).