republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-145.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental mitigation: Department of Transportation."
description: "(1) The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species and to add or remove species from either list if it finds, upon the receipt of sufficient scientific information, as specified, that the action is warranted. CESA prohibits the taking of an endangered, threatened, or candidate species, except as specified. Under the act, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may authorize the take of listed species if the take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity, the impacts are minimized and fully mitigated, and the applicant ensures adequate funding for implementing the mitigation measures and for monitoring compliance with, and the effectiveness of, those measures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "California SB 145 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation", "Environmental mitigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f6fa6a9-ef71-4e5b-8090-4423f689e6e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB145"
source_hash: "680f1bf79668eab796a40034ad2d155c343273035d3960d6acd3b5b25b34e5eb"
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 145 (20232024) — Environmental mitigation: Department of Transportation.

(1) The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species and to add or remove species from either list if it finds, upon the receipt of sufficient scientific information, as specified, that the action is warranted. CESA prohibits the taking of an endangered, threatened, or candidate species, except as specified. Under the act, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may authorize the take of listed species if the take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity, the impacts are minimized and fully mitigated, and the applicant ensures adequate funding for implementing the mitigation measures and for monitoring compliance with, and the effectiveness of, those measures.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB145&version=20230SB14599INT)
2. **06/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB145&version=20230SB14598AMD)
3. **07/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB145&version=20230SB14596CHP)
4. **SB145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB145)
5. **07/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB145&version=20230SB14597ENR)

## Votes

- SB 145 Newman Third Reading Urgency By RIVAS, L. — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB145 Newman et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB145 B. & F.R. — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)
- Friedman — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.)
- **2023-03-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 500.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 2472.)
- **2023-06-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2483.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-07-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-07-05** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2023-07-05** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1894.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 57, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f6fa6a9-ef71-4e5b-8090-4423f689e6e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).