republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife: poaching."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person, including the owner in lawful possession of the land and a person obtaining permission from the owner or person in lawful possession of the land, from taking any protected mammal or bird or discharging any firearm upon any land where signs with specified wording and size requirements are displayed at specified intervals along all exterior boundaries and at all roads and trails entering the land. Other existing law makes it unlawful to enter any lands under cultivation or enclosed by a fence belonging to, or occupied by, another, or to enter any uncultivated or unenclosed lands where signs forbidding trespass are displayed at intervals not less than 3 to the mile along all exterior boundaries and at all roads and trails entering those lands, for the purpose of discharging any firearm or taking or destroying any mammal or bird, including any waterfowl, on those lands without having first obtained written permission from the owner of those lands, or his or her agent, or the person in lawful possession of those lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1162"
citation: "California AB 1162 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife: poaching."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71108217-e6ae-46da-b3c0-c292cc602e78"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162"
source_hash: "61f875e48efdc9f2af1cc328cd0f044fe6cd3d0c0e62fca18d752b623cf97278"
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 1162 (20112012) — Wildlife: poaching.

(1) Existing law prohibits a person, including the owner in lawful possession of the land and a person obtaining permission from the owner or person in lawful possession of the land, from taking any protected mammal or bird or discharging any firearm upon any land where signs with specified wording and size requirements are displayed at specified intervals along all exterior boundaries and at all roads and trails entering the land. Other existing law makes it unlawful to enter any lands under cultivation or enclosed by a fence belonging to, or occupied by, another, or to enter any uncultivated or unenclosed lands where signs forbidding trespass are displayed at intervals not less than 3 to the mile along all exterior boundaries and at all roads and trails entering those lands, for the purpose of discharging any firearm or taking or destroying any mammal or bird, including any waterfowl, on those lands without having first obtained written permission from the owner of those lands, or his or her agent, or the person in lawful possession of those lands.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162&version=20110AB116299INT)
2. **04/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162&version=20110AB116298AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162&version=20110AB116297AMD)
4. **06/20/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162&version=20110AB116296AMD)
5. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162&version=20110AB116295AMD)
6. **09/26/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162&version=20110AB116293CHP)
7. **AB1162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162)
8. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1162&version=20110AB116294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1162 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1162 Chesbro By Wolk — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1162 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **60–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Coms. on W., P. & W. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-11** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 1808.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4865.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 10. Page 6501.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:35 p.m.
- **2012-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 590, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71108217-e6ae-46da-b3c0-c292cc602e78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).