California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

SB 481 — Airports: wildlife.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 186, Statutes of 2009.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law regulates the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles. Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Game performs various functions with regards to the taking of fish and game. Existing law generally provides that a violation of fish and game laws is a crime. This bill would provide that the taking of birds by a public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration operating in the state pursuant to a federal depredation permit, does not violate state fish and game laws if the taking is in compliance with that permit and the taking occurs on land owned or leased by the airport that is not habitat mitigation or conservation land, and there is no taking of a fully protected, candidate, threatened, or endangered species. The bill would specify that a taking is only authorized to relieve or prevent injurious situations affecting public safety and can only be performed as part of an integrated wildlife management program that emphasizes nonlethal management techniques. The bill would require the airport to provide to the department all federal depredation permits and all federal reports required pursuant to any federal depredation permit or wildlife hazard management plan, or both, and to provide the department reasonable access to ensure compliance. The bill would require the department to seek reimbursement from the airport for the reasonable costs associated with activities resulting from any violations of these provisions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 186, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by Governor.

  3. Enrolled. To Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. Ordered held in Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Returned by the Governor at the request of the Senate.

  6. Enrolled. To Governor at 10 a.m.

  7. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1893.) To enrollment.

  8. In Senate. To unfinished business.

  9. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2612.) To Senate.

  10. Read third time. Amended. (Page 2545.) To third reading.

  11. From Consent Calendar to third reading.

  12. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.

  13. (Heard in committee on July 1.)

  14. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.)

  15. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. (Heard in committee on June 16.)

  17. From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.)

  18. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.

  19. To Com. on W.,P. & W.

  20. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  21. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 9323.) To Assembly.

  22. To Special Consent Calendar.

  23. Read second time. Amended. To third reading.

  24. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended.

  25. Set for hearing May 11.

  26. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 683.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  27. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  28. Set for hearing April 28.

  29. To Com. on N.R. & W.

  30. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 28.

  31. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Cox

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB481 Cox Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36002
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 39002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Florez — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Romero — Not Voting
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Harman — Yea
Huff — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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SB 481 Cox Senate Third Reading By NIELLO

Passed 85 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 80005
Republican 3000
Democratic 2001
Total 85006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Charles — Not Voting
Hagman — Yea
Cook — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Bass — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Evans — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Garrick — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Coto — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18001
Republican 1000
Democratic 0001
Total 19002
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Charles — Not Voting
Torlakson — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Miller — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 14001
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Tom — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Anderson — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea

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Special Consent #5 SB481 Cox

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33003
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cedillo — Not Voting
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Romero — Not Voting
Simitian — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Harman — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 481 do?
Existing law regulates the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles. Under existing law, the Department of Fish and Game performs various functions with regards to the taking of fish and game. Existing law generally provides that a violation of fish and game laws is a crime. This bill would provide that the taking of birds by a public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration operating in the state pursuant to a federal depredation permit, does not violate state fish and game laws if the taking is in compliance with that permit and the taking occurs on land owned or leased by the airport that is not habitat mitigation or conservation land, and there is no taking of a fully protected, candidate, threatened, or endangered species. The bill would specify that a taking is only authorized to relieve or prevent injurious situations affecting public safety and can only be performed as part of an integrated wildlife management program that emphasizes nonlethal management techniques. The bill would require the airport to provide to the department all federal depredation permits and all federal reports required pursuant to any federal depredation permit or wildlife hazard management plan, or both, and to provide the department reasonable access to ensure compliance. The bill would require the department to seek reimbursement from the airport for the reasonable costs associated with activities resulting from any violations of these provisions.
Who sponsors SB 481?
SB 481 is sponsored by Niello, Roger W. (Republican), Cox, and Steinberg.
What is the current status of SB 481?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 481?
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