CA AB 697
enactedProtected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 697 pass?
Yes. CA AB 697 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-07. Latest recorded action (2025-10-07): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 697 about?
Existing law, the California Endangered Species Act, prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations, including, if specified conditions are met, under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife commonly known as an incidental take permit. Existing law also enumerates fully protected species and prohibits the take of fully protected species, except under limited circumstances. This bill would permit the department to authorize, under the California Endangered Species Act, the incidental take of specified fully protected species resulting from impacts attributable to a specified project on State Route 37, if certain conditions are met, including, among others, the conditions required for the issuance of an incidental take permit.
Who sponsors CA AB 697?
Wilson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 697.
Description
Existing law, the California Endangered Species Act, prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations, including, if specified conditions are met, under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife commonly known as an incidental take permit. Existing law also enumerates fully protected species and prohibits the take of fully protected species, except under limited circumstances. This bill would permit the department to authorize, under the California Endangered Species Act, the incidental take of specified fully protected species resulting from impacts attributable to a specified project on State Route 37, if certain conditions are met, including, among others, the conditions required for the issuance of an incidental take permit.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-05
- Latest action
- 2025-10-07 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Wilsonauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-14
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-15
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-03-17
Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.
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2025-05-05
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 29).
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2025-05-06
Read second time and amended.
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2025-05-07
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2025-05-15
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2021.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
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2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-19
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2507.).
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2025-09-04
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2025-09-11
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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2025-10-07
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-07
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Rogers: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bains: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Hart: other
Do pass.
2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hart: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ta: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
AB 697 Wilson Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 70-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Lee: other
- Krell: other
- Ward: other
- Flora: other
- Elhawary: other
- Aguiar-Curry: other
- Kalra: other
- Hart: other
- Bryan: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-08 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Laird: yes
- Grove: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Stern: other
3rd Reading AB697 Wilson By Cabaldon
2025-09-04 · pass · 36-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Menjivar: other
- Umberg: other
- Stern: other
- Reyes: other
Related bills
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