CA AB 1319
enactedProtected species: California Endangered Species Act.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 1319 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1319 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 1319 about?
Existing law makes it unlawful to take a bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian, except as authorized by law. This bill would make it unlawful for a person in California to import, cause to be imported, export, cause to be exported, transport, sell, offer for sale, possess with the intent to sell, receive, acquire, or purchase any fish, wildlife, or plant that was taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any law or statute of any state or any law, treaty, or statute of the United States with regard to fish, wildlife, or plants in effect on January 19, 2025. The bill would, upon conviction or other entry of judgment, require any seized evidence be forfeited, as specified. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on December 31, 2031, and would repeal them on January 1, 2032. Under existing law, a violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime. Because the above provision would be part of the Fish and Game Code, a violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 pursuant to a prescribed listing process, and generally prohibits the taking of those species. Existing law requires the commission to publish a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register upon receipt of a petition to add or remove a species from either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. This bill would require the department to determine if there is a decrease in protections by the federal government for an endangered or threatened species, as defined, and, if so, would require the department to publish written findings in the California Regulatory Notice Register that would add the species to the commission's list of provisional candidate species, as specified. The bill would require the department to report the provisional candidacy determination at the next public meeting of the commission. The bill would prohibit criminal or civil liability for an entity operating under federal authorization for take, as specified, as long as the entities are in full compliance with their federal biological opinion. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on December 31, 2031, and would repeal them on January 1, 2032. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA AB 1319?
Schultz is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1319, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law makes it unlawful to take a bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian, except as authorized by law. This bill would make it unlawful for a person in California to import, cause to be imported, export, cause to be exported, transport, sell, offer for sale, possess with the intent to sell, receive, acquire, or purchase any fish, wildlife, or plant that was taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any law or statute of any state or any law, treaty, or statute of the United States with regard to fish, wildlife, or plants in effect on January 19, 2025. The bill would, upon conviction or other entry of judgment, require any seized evidence be forfeited, as specified. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on December 31, 2031, and would repeal them on January 1, 2032. Under existing law, a violation of the Fish and Game Code is a crime. Because the above provision would be part of the Fish and Game Code, a violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 pursuant to a prescribed listing process, and generally prohibits the taking of those species. Existing law requires the commission to publish a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register upon receipt of a petition to add or remove a species from either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. This bill would require the department to determine if there is a decrease in protections by the federal government for an endangered or threatened species, as defined, and, if so, would require the department to publish written findings in the California Regulatory Notice Register that would add the species to the commission's list of provisional candidate species, as specified. The bill would require the department to report the provisional candidacy determination at the next public meeting of the commission. The bill would prohibit criminal or civil liability for an entity operating under federal authorization for take, as specified, as long as the entities are in full compliance with their federal biological opinion. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on December 31, 2031, and would repeal them on January 1, 2032. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Schultzauthor
- Boernercoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
introduction
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
referral-committee
2025-03-20
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-24
Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
referral-committee
2025-04-21
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
referral-committee
2025-05-05
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-05-06
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-07
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 1920.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
referral-committee
2025-06-16
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-27
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (July 8).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-07-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-09-02
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-10
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 2799.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-10
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 19. Page 3307.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-11
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
Versions
- 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
- 03/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-20Compare
- 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
- 05/06/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-06Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/27/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-27Compare
- 07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
- 09/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-02Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
- 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
- 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 8-3
Member-level votes (13)
- Rogers: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Papan: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Macedo: no
- Bains: other
- Alvarez: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: other
AB 1319 Schultz Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 54-18
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Hoover: no
- Gallagher: no
- Wallis: no
- Lackey: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Davies: no
- Ellis: no
- Flora: no
- Alanis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Patterson: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Castillo: no
- Dixon: no
- DeMaio: no
- Sanchez: no
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Soria: other
- Chen: other
- Arambula: other
- Lowenthal: other
- Bains: other
- Valencia: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-08 · pass · 4-3
Member-level votes (7)
- Allen: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Limón: yes
- Hurtado: no
- Seyarto: no
- Grove: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading AB1319 Schultz et al. By Limón
2025-09-10 · pass · 25-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Choi: no
- Strickland: no
- Grove: no
- Niello: no
- Jones: no
- Dahle: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: no
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
- McNerney: other
- Caballero: other
- Grayson: other
- Hurtado: other
AB 1319 Schultz Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 51-19
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Castillo: no
- Alanis: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- Ta: no
- Hoover: no
- Gallagher: no
- Macedo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Sanchez: no
- Flora: no
- Valencia: other
- Nguyen: other
- Arambula: other
- Soria: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Aguiar-Curry: other
- Pacheco: other
- Ransom: other
- Chen: other
- Bains: other
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