republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-880.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ecological reserves: Mirage Trail."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Fish and Game, with the approval of the Fish and Game Commission, to, among other things, maintain, use, and administer land suitable for the purpose of establishing ecological reserves. Existing law authorizes the Department of Fish and Game to construct facilities and conduct programs in ecological reserves to provide natural history education and recreation if those facilities and programs are compatible with the protection of the biological resources of the reserve."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 880"
citation: "California AB 880 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ecological reserves: Mirage Trail."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nestande"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eeef5c5-9458-4959-beb2-fe488a8b9e22"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880"
source_hash: "9beadf1a2b2c08666b6b999b5c2346782d63b3e2508088c8984e8cf8bbff4444"
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 880 (20112012) — Ecological reserves: Mirage Trail.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Fish and Game, with the approval of the Fish and Game Commission, to, among other things, maintain, use, and administer land suitable for the purpose of establishing ecological reserves. Existing law authorizes the Department of Fish and Game to construct facilities and conduct programs in ecological reserves to provide natural history education and recreation if those facilities and programs are compatible with the protection of the biological resources of the reserve.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880&version=20110AB88099INT)
2. **03/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880&version=20110AB88096AMD)
3. **03/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880&version=20110AB88098AMD)
4. **05/10/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880&version=20110AB88097AMD)
5. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880&version=20110AB88095AMD)
6. **09/25/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880&version=20110AB88093CHP)
7. **AB880** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880)
8. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB880&version=20110AB88094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB880 Nestande By Cannella — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 880 NESTANDE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 880 PÉREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — **77–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nestande — primary (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-25** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 1655.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-01** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4782.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-28** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (August 28). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 5. Page 6497.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:35 p.m.
- **2012-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 527, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eeef5c5-9458-4959-beb2-fe488a8b9e22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).