republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Octopus: aquaculture: prohibition."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation and development of aquaculture and requires the owner of each aquaculture facility to register with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law makes it unlawful to spawn, incubate, or cultivate any transgenic species of finfish belonging to the family Salmonidae anywhere in this state, except as specified. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3162"
citation: "California AB 3162 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Octopus", "aquaculture", "prohibition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07573c91-b421-4f14-9954-c9e8ef5ce03c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3162"
source_hash: "31ba683c84f56a6113b826e5ddaad709d9712786f0b4b1dddd111ca99c6adcd7"
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 3162 (20232024) — Octopus: aquaculture: prohibition.

Existing law provides for the regulation and development of aquaculture and requires the owner of each aquaculture facility to register with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law makes it unlawful to spawn, incubate, or cultivate any transgenic species of finfish belonging to the family Salmonidae anywhere in this state, except as specified. A violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3162&version=20230AB316299INT)
2. **04/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3162&version=20230AB316298AMD)
3. **08/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3162&version=20230AB316297AMD)
4. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3162&version=20230AB316295CHP)
5. **AB3162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3162)
6. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3162&version=20230AB316296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB3162 Bennett et al. By Min — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3162 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — **51–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3162 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Friedman — author (person)
- Kalra — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 10. Page 4918.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-15** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 10.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 758, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07573c91-b421-4f14-9954-c9e8ef5ce03c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).