republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2363.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial fishing: Dungeness crab."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Fish and Game to authorize one or more operators of commercial fishing vessels to take and land a limited number of Dungeness crab for the purpose of quality testing, as provided. Existing law prohibits the department from approving a testing program unless it is funded by the entity authorized to conduct the testing program and prohibits the sale of the crab taken for testing. Those provisions become inoperative on April 1, 2019, and are repealed on January 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2363"
citation: "California AB 2363 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial fishing: Dungeness crab."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/890d4fa0-81f0-463c-8582-694d39e84d48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363"
source_hash: "6a08fd010cb0b603691e4e1e85f287b5e6aa583d1423825f32790204dae9d188"
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 2363 (20112012) — Commercial fishing: Dungeness crab.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Fish and Game to authorize one or more operators of commercial fishing vessels to take and land a limited number of Dungeness crab for the purpose of quality testing, as provided. Existing law prohibits the department from approving a testing program unless it is funded by the entity authorized to conduct the testing program and prohibits the sale of the crab taken for testing. Those provisions become inoperative on April 1, 2019, and are repealed on January 1, 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363&version=20110AB236399INT)
2. **04/17/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363&version=20110AB236398AMD)
3. **04/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363&version=20110AB236397AMD)
4. **06/27/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363&version=20110AB236396AMD)
5. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363&version=20110AB236395AMD)
6. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363&version=20110AB236394AMD)
7. **09/25/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363&version=20110AB236392CHP)
8. **AB2363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363)
9. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2363&version=20110AB236393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2363 Chesbro By Evans Urgency Clause — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2363 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2363 CHESBRO Concurrence - Urgency Added — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P. & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 4981.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4947.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
- **2012-08-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 6657.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/890d4fa0-81f0-463c-8582-694d39e84d48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).