republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2369.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fishing: marine protected areas: violations."
description: "(1) The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) establishes the Marine Life Protection Program to reexamine and redesign California's marine protected area system. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare, and the Fish and Game Commission to adopt, a master plan that guides the adoption and implementation of the program. Under the MLPA, the commission is authorized to regulate commercial and recreational fishing and any other taking of marine species in marine protected areas, but the taking of a marine species in a marine life reserve, a type of marine protected area, is prohibited for any purpose, including recreational and commercial fishing, except as authorized by the commission for scientific purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2369"
citation: "California AB 2369 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fishing: marine protected areas: violations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez Fletcher"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ab0e2d-57ff-4c73-a9f7-e6c49bbdad7e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369"
source_hash: "7eb90311e5c1841d942acbbc16744e1cdb51c9491179cd21c2c2af10b378c278"
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 2369 (20172018) — Fishing: marine protected areas: violations.

(1) The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) establishes the Marine Life Protection Program to reexamine and redesign California's marine protected area system. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare, and the Fish and Game Commission to adopt, a master plan that guides the adoption and implementation of the program. Under the MLPA, the commission is authorized to regulate commercial and recreational fishing and any other taking of marine species in marine protected areas, but the taking of a marine species in a marine life reserve, a type of marine protected area, is prohibited for any purpose, including recreational and commercial fishing, except as authorized by the commission for scientific purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369&version=20170AB236999INT)
2. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369&version=20170AB236998AMD)
3. **04/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369&version=20170AB236997AMD)
4. **06/04/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369&version=20170AB236996AMD)
5. **06/27/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369&version=20170AB236995AMD)
6. **08/24/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369&version=20170AB236993CHP)
7. **AB2369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369)
8. **08/10/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2369&version=20170AB236994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2369 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2369 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2369 Gonzalez Fletcher — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4935.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5166.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6206.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 189, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35ab0e2d-57ff-4c73-a9f7-e6c49bbdad7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).