republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2109.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "White sharks: prohibition on use of attractants."
description: "Existing law makes it unlawful to take white sharks for recreational or commercial purposes except under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife for scientific or educational purposes or if taken incidentally by commercial fishing operations using certain types of nets. For purposes of these prohibitions, existing law defines \"take\" to mean to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or to attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill. Existing law makes a violation of these prohibitions a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2109"
citation: "California AB 2109 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["White sharks: prohibition on use of attractants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc8bb1c4-4cf3-41fd-8b3b-0e4de26b4598"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2109"
source_hash: "b622f3414bd12320561856c70cb1576b0d277b47246fea4c9eadf355ab4a8baa"
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 2109 (20212022) — White sharks: prohibition on use of attractants.

Existing law makes it unlawful to take white sharks for recreational or commercial purposes except under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife for scientific or educational purposes or if taken incidentally by commercial fishing operations using certain types of nets. For purposes of these prohibitions, existing law defines "take" to mean to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or to attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill. Existing law makes a violation of these prohibitions a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2109&version=20210AB210999INT)
2. **05/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2109&version=20210AB210998AMD)
3. **08/10/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2109&version=20210AB210997AMD)
4. **09/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2109&version=20210AB210995CHP)
5. **AB2109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2109)
6. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2109&version=20210AB210996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2109 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2109 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — **58–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2109 Bennett et al. By Laird — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Bloom — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4815.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 6.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-10** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 5014.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 1.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, 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/dc8bb1c4-4cf3-41fd-8b3b-0e4de26b4598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).