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CA AB 1056

enacted

Gill nets: permits.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1056 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1056 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 720, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1056 about?

Existing law prohibits gill nets and trammel nets from being used for commercial purposes, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission to adopt regulations for the issuance of gill net and trammel net permits as necessary to establish an orderly gill net and trammel net fishery. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing any new gill net or trammel net permits and authorizes the department to renew an existing gill net or trammel net permit. Existing law authorizes a gill or trammel net permitholder to transfer that permit to any person qualified under the regulations adopted by the commission if the permitholder presents to the department satisfactory evidence that they have taken and landed fish for commercial purposes in at least 15 of the preceding 20 years. Existing law also authorizes the transfer of a gill or trammel net permit to another qualified individual upon the disability or death of the original permitholder, as specified. This bill would eliminate the provisions that authorize the transfer of a gill or trammel net permit to another qualified individual upon the disability or death of the original permitholder. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2027, only allow a permitholder to transfer a permit under the other transfer authorization described above to a family member pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission, as specified. After a permit is transferred pursuant to that authorization, the bill would prohibit the further transfer of that permit.

Who sponsors CA AB 1056?

Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1056.

Description

Existing law prohibits gill nets and trammel nets from being used for commercial purposes, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission to adopt regulations for the issuance of gill net and trammel net permits as necessary to establish an orderly gill net and trammel net fishery. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing any new gill net or trammel net permits and authorizes the department to renew an existing gill net or trammel net permit. Existing law authorizes a gill or trammel net permitholder to transfer that permit to any person qualified under the regulations adopted by the commission if the permitholder presents to the department satisfactory evidence that they have taken and landed fish for commercial purposes in at least 15 of the preceding 20 years. Existing law also authorizes the transfer of a gill or trammel net permit to another qualified individual upon the disability or death of the original permitholder, as specified. This bill would eliminate the provisions that authorize the transfer of a gill or trammel net permit to another qualified individual upon the disability or death of the original permitholder. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2027, only allow a permitholder to transfer a permit under the other transfer authorization described above to a family member pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission, as specified. After a permit is transferred pursuant to that authorization, the bill would prohibit the further transfer of that permit.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 720, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
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Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bennettauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 720, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  4. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  5. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2885.).

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  6. 2025-08-26

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-08-25

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  8. 2025-07-02

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  9. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-06-04

    Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  11. 2025-05-28

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 17. Page 1737.)

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  13. 2025-05-22

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-05-21

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 21).

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  15. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. 2025-05-05

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-05-01

    Read second time and amended.

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  18. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 29).

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  19. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

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  20. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

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  21. 2025-03-17

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. Read second time and amended.

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  22. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  23. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB1056Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-29 · pass · 9-2

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Rogers: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: other
    • Ávila Farías: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 11-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no

  • AB 1056 Bennett Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-27 · pass · 51-17

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Alanis: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Davies: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Chen: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Nguyen: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Wilson: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Soria: other
    • Krell: other
    • Flora: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Grove: no

  • 3rd Reading AB1056 Bennett By Laird

    2025-09-11 · pass · 29-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Jones: no
    • Grove: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Niello: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Choi: no
    • McGuire: other

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