republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-85.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources: omnibus trailer bill."
description: "(1) Proposition 117, an initiative measure approved by the electors at the June 5, 1990, direct primary election, enacted the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990. The act creates the Habitat Conservation Fund and requires the moneys in the fund to be used for specified purposes generally relating to the acquisition, enhancement, or restoration of wildlife habitat. The act requires the Controller, until June 30, 2020, to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the General Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from specified accounts and funds. The act, until July 1, 2020, continuously appropriates specified amounts from the Habitat Conservation Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Coastal Conservancy, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and the California Tahoe Conservancy, and continuously appropriates the balance of the fund to the Wildlife Conservation Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "California SB 85 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public resources: omnibus trailer bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ecfc96b-732c-432d-b598-a636bf94fc61"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB85"
source_hash: "4b21c209eb706a8c23079ecf8100fe9dbdc387a2bab32aa5de89467c8cee8dd9"
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 85 (20192020) — Public resources: omnibus trailer bill.

(1) Proposition 117, an initiative measure approved by the electors at the June 5, 1990, direct primary election, enacted the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990. The act creates the Habitat Conservation Fund and requires the moneys in the fund to be used for specified purposes generally relating to the acquisition, enhancement, or restoration of wildlife habitat. The act requires the Controller, until June 30, 2020, to annually transfer $30,000,000 from the General Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from specified accounts and funds. The act, until July 1, 2020, continuously appropriates specified amounts from the Habitat Conservation Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Coastal Conservancy, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and the California Tahoe Conservancy, and continuously appropriates the balance of the fund to the Wildlife Conservation Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB85&version=20190SB8599INT)
2. **06/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB85&version=20190SB8598AMD)
3. **06/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB85&version=20190SB8596CHP)
4. **SB85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB85)
5. **06/19/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB85&version=20190SB8597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB85 B. & F.R. — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB85 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 85 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **55–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 582.)
- **2019-04-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 666.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-06-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-06-17** Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 2297.)
- **2019-06-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 2303.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-06-17** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 1599.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2019-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 31, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ecfc96b-732c-432d-b598-a636bf94fc61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).