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CA AB 1673

withdrawn

County fish and wildlife propagation fund: wildlife coexistence: tear gas.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1673 pass?

No. CA AB 1673 was withdrawn and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-06-18): In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

What is CA AB 1673 about?

Existing law allows a person to purchase, possess, or use tear gas or a tear gas weapon for the projection or release or tear gas if the tear gas or tear gas weapon is used solely for self-defense purposes, subject to specified requirements. Under existing law, anyone who uses tear gas or a tear gas weapon except in self-defense is guilty of a crime. This bill would allow a person, who is authorized by the Department of Fish and Wildlife to apply aversive conditioning on wolves, to purchase, possess, or use any tear gas weapon that expels a projectile upon authorization from the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county. Existing law requires certain fines and penalties paid to and retained in a county treasury to be deposited in a county fish and wildlife propagation fund and expended for the protection, conservation, propagation, and preservation of fish and wildlife, as specified. Existing law authorizes expenditures from a county fish and wildlife propagation fund for purposes relating to fish and wildlife, including, among other things, costs incurred by a district attorney or city attorney in investigating and prosecuting civil and criminal actions relating to fish and wildlife. This bill would additionally authorize expenditures from a county fish and wildlife propagation fund for costs relating to wildlife coexistence programs to prevent human-wildlife conflict.

Who sponsors CA AB 1673?

Hadwick is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1673.

Description

Existing law allows a person to purchase, possess, or use tear gas or a tear gas weapon for the projection or release or tear gas if the tear gas or tear gas weapon is used solely for self-defense purposes, subject to specified requirements. Under existing law, anyone who uses tear gas or a tear gas weapon except in self-defense is guilty of a crime. This bill would allow a person, who is authorized by the Department of Fish and Wildlife to apply aversive conditioning on wolves, to purchase, possess, or use any tear gas weapon that expels a projectile upon authorization from the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county. Existing law requires certain fines and penalties paid to and retained in a county treasury to be deposited in a county fish and wildlife propagation fund and expended for the protection, conservation, propagation, and preservation of fish and wildlife, as specified. Existing law authorizes expenditures from a county fish and wildlife propagation fund for purposes relating to fish and wildlife, including, among other things, costs incurred by a district attorney or city attorney in investigating and prosecuting civil and criminal actions relating to fish and wildlife. This bill would additionally authorize expenditures from a county fish and wildlife propagation fund for costs relating to wildlife coexistence programs to prevent human-wildlife conflict.

Introduced
2026-02-23
Latest action
2026-06-18 — In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hadwickauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-18

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  2. 2026-06-15

    Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and PUB. S.

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  3. 2026-06-12

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  4. 2026-06-12

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  5. 2026-06-11

    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.

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  6. 2026-05-06

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

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  7. 2026-04-23

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

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  8. 2026-04-23

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4789.)

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  9. 2026-04-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-04-09

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  11. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8).

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  12. 2026-03-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2026-03-05

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

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  14. 2026-03-04

    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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  15. 2026-02-24

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

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  16. 2026-02-23

    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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  17. 2026-02-23

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

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  18. 2026-02-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.

  19. 2026-02-02

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/02/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-02Compare
  • 02/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-02-23Compare
  • 03/04/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-04Compare
  • 04/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-09Compare
  • 06/11/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-11Compare
  • AB1673Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caloza: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Ávila Farías: other
  • Do pass as amended.

    2026-04-08 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: other
  • AB 1673 Hadwick Assembly Third Reading

    2026-04-23 · pass · 74-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Addis: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Gipson: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Lee: other

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