republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-822.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marine resources."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law provides that it is the department's mission to manage California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment of the public. Existing law establishes various provisions prohibiting the taking of fish under specified circumstances, including the taking of any fish for the sole purpose of removing its eggs except for the purpose of developing a brood stock for aquaculture purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 822"
citation: "California SB 822 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marine resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Natural Resources and Water"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/704a8757-c16b-4ddb-9454-cef0c3e78ddd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB822"
source_hash: "65cad585add7e76fd49ec5377938e2d42028e9aa4b2040eeb208ea984d84eecb"
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 822 (20212022) — Marine resources.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law provides that it is the department's mission to manage California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment of the public. Existing law establishes various provisions prohibiting the taking of fish under specified circumstances, including the taking of any fish for the sole purpose of removing its eggs except for the purpose of developing a brood stock for aquaculture purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/09/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB822&version=20210SB82299INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB822&version=20210SB82298AMD)
3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB822&version=20210SB82297AMD)
4. **06/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB822&version=20210SB82296AMD)
5. **10/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB822&version=20210SB82294CHP)
6. **SB822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB822)
7. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB822&version=20210SB82295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB822 N.R. & W. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB822 N.R. & W. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 822 N.R. & W. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 22, 2021, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2021-03-10** From printer.
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2021-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 817.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1062.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-20** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2278.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2241.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 770, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/704a8757-c16b-4ddb-9454-cef0c3e78ddd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).