republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1473.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural resources."
description: "The California Constitution provides for the delegation to the Fish and Game Commission of powers relating to the protection and propagation of fish and game. Existing statutory law delegates to the commission the power to regulate the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, except as provided. Existing law establishes procedures that are specific to regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to this authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1473"
citation: "California SB 1473 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Natural Resources and Water"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-29"
last_action: "2016-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a7edc3f-d58a-4523-9563-d1e46e01b120"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1473"
source_hash: "26b05e3e58f7c7b14ea803daa7abcaff7d7779f4ee9850f3f4d71cdf5e20663a"
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 SB 1473 (20152016) — Natural resources.

The California Constitution provides for the delegation to the Fish and Game Commission of powers relating to the protection and propagation of fish and game. Existing statutory law delegates to the commission the power to regulate the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, except as provided. Existing law establishes procedures that are specific to regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to this authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/29/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1473&version=20150SB147399INT)
2. **03/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1473&version=20150SB147398AMD)
3. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1473&version=20150SB147397AMD)
4. **08/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1473&version=20150SB147396AMD)
5. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1473&version=20150SB147394CHP)
6. **SB1473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1473)
7. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1473&version=20150SB147395ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1473 Committee On N.R. & W. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB1473 Committee On N.R. & W. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1473 N.R. & W. Senate Third Reading By LEVINE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Natural Resources and Water — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-29** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-03-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 31.
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-24** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-03-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3496.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-19** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3713.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2016-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5898.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5432.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 546, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a7edc3f-d58a-4523-9563-d1e46e01b120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).