republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources."
description: "(1) Existing law requires a person taking steelhead trout in inland waters, in addition to a valid California sport fishing license and any applicable sport license stamp, to have in their possession a valid nontransferable steelhead trout fishing report-restoration card issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Under existing law, the base fee for the fishing report-restoration card was $5 for the 2004 license year and is authorized to be adjusted annually pursuant to a specified index. Existing law makes a violation of the fishing report-restoration card requirements a crime. Existing law requires revenues to be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and to be available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to monitor, restore, or enhance steelhead trout resources consistent with specified law, and to administer the fishing report-restoration card program. Existing law requires the department to report to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2021, regarding the steelhead trout fishing report-restoration card program's projects undertaken using these revenues derived pursuant to that program, the benefits derived, and its recommendations for revising the fishing report-restoration card requirement, if any. These provisions become inoperative as of July 1, 2022, and are repealed as of January 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 203"
citation: "California AB 203 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a864c41a-209e-42e6-8bd4-9fcf1e01493f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB203"
source_hash: "dc30ede77fef89f01d18a8ea2ed5bed256851802177bac90abe96575f8856721"
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 203 (20212022) — Public resources.

(1) Existing law requires a person taking steelhead trout in inland waters, in addition to a valid California sport fishing license and any applicable sport license stamp, to have in their possession a valid nontransferable steelhead trout fishing report-restoration card issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Under existing law, the base fee for the fishing report-restoration card was $5 for the 2004 license year and is authorized to be adjusted annually pursuant to a specified index. Existing law makes a violation of the fishing report-restoration card requirements a crime. Existing law requires revenues to be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and to be available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to monitor, restore, or enhance steelhead trout resources consistent with specified law, and to administer the fishing report-restoration card program. Existing law requires the department to report to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2021, regarding the steelhead trout fishing report-restoration card program's projects undertaken using these revenues derived pursuant to that program, the benefits derived, and its recommendations for revising the fishing report-restoration card requirement, if any. These provisions become inoperative as of July 1, 2022, and are repealed as of January 1, 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB203&version=20210AB20399INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB203&version=20210AB20398AMD)
3. **06/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB203&version=20210AB20397AMD)
4. **06/26/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB203&version=20210AB20396AMD)
5. **06/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB203&version=20210AB20394CHP)
6. **AB203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB203)
7. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB203&version=20210AB20395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB203 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 203 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 203 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 513.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 4525.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 p.m.
- **2022-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 60, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a864c41a-209e-42e6-8bd4-9fcf1e01493f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).