California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 498 — Wildlife conservation: wildlife corridors.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 625, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to administer the Significant Natural Areas Program, and requires the department, among other things, to develop and maintain a spatial data system that identifies those areas in the state that are most essential for maintaining habitat connectivity, including wildlife corridors and habitat linkages. Existing law requires the department, contingent upon the provision of certain funding, to investigate, study, and identify those areas in the state that are most essential as wildlife corridors and habitat linkages and prioritize vegetative data development in those areas. Existing law requires the department to seek input from representatives of other state agencies, local government, federal agencies, nongovernmental conservation organizations, landowners, agriculture, recreation, scientific entities, and industry in determining essential wildlife corridors and habitat linkages. This bill would declare that it is the policy of the state to encourage, wherever feasible and practicable, voluntary steps to protect the functioning of wildlife corridors through various means, as applicable. Existing law provides for the establishment of conservation banks, defined as publicly or privately owned and operated sites that are to be conserved and managed for habitat protection purposes in accordance with an agreement with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law provides for the issuance of credits by a conservation bank to, among other things, reduce adverse impacts to fish or wildlife resources from certain activities. Existing law also provides for the establishment of mitigation banks, as defined. This bill would include within the authorized purposes of a conservation bank the protection of habitat connectivity for fish and wildlife resources. This bill would provide that the fact that a project applicant does not take voluntary steps to protect the functioning of a wildlife corridor prior to initiating the application process for the project shall not be grounds for denying a permit or requiring additional mitigation beyond what is otherwise required by law to mitigate project impacts.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 625, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 2910.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2407.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1621.)

  16. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1541.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 6).

  19. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

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

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Hertzberg · Cosponsor
  • Levine · Primary
  • Pavley · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Levine

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Hertzberg
  • Pavley

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 498 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 54 Yea · 25 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 502001
Democratic 4000
Republican 0500
Total 542501
% of votes cast 68%31%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Linder — Nay
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Gray — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Kim — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wood — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB498 Levine By Pavley

Passed 25 Yea · 13 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 231301
Democratic 2001
Total 251302
% of votes cast 63%33%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Roth — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Nay
Hall — Yea
Mitchell — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Nay
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting

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AB 498 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading

Passed 52 Yea · 24 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 481903
Democratic 4000
Republican 0501
Total 522404
% of votes cast 65%30%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chau — Yea
Harper — Nay
Chu — Yea
Kim — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Linder — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10300
Democratic 2000
Republican 0200
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Nay
Daly — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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

Passed 8 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8402
Republican 0100
Total 8502
% of votes cast 53%33%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Dodd — Yea
Harper — Nay
Lopez — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 498 do?
Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to administer the Significant Natural Areas Program, and requires the department, among other things, to develop and maintain a spatial data system that identifies those areas in the state that are most essential for maintaining habitat connectivity, including wildlife corridors and habitat linkages. Existing law requires the department, contingent upon the provision of certain funding, to investigate, study, and identify those areas in the state that are most essential as wildlife corridors and habitat linkages and prioritize vegetative data development in those areas. Existing law requires the department to seek input from representatives of other state agencies, local government, federal agencies, nongovernmental conservation organizations, landowners, agriculture, recreation, scientific entities, and industry in determining essential wildlife corridors and habitat linkages. This bill would declare that it is the policy of the state to encourage, wherever feasible and practicable, voluntary steps to protect the functioning of wildlife corridors through various means, as applicable. Existing law provides for the establishment of conservation banks, defined as publicly or privately owned and operated sites that are to be conserved and managed for habitat protection purposes in accordance with an agreement with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law provides for the issuance of credits by a conservation bank to, among other things, reduce adverse impacts to fish or wildlife resources from certain activities. Existing law also provides for the establishment of mitigation banks, as defined. This bill would include within the authorized purposes of a conservation bank the protection of habitat connectivity for fish and wildlife resources. This bill would provide that the fact that a project applicant does not take voluntary steps to protect the functioning of a wildlife corridor prior to initiating the application process for the project shall not be grounds for denying a permit or requiring additional mitigation beyond what is otherwise required by law to mitigate project impacts.
Who sponsors AB 498?
AB 498 is sponsored by Hertzberg, Levine, and Pavley.
What is the current status of AB 498?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 498?
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