Who sponsors AB 2109?

AB 2109 is sponsored by Bennett, Steve (Democratic) and Bloom.

Where can I track AB 2109?

Track AB 2109 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 2109 — White sharks: prohibition on use of attractants.

Last action September 19, 2022 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2022.

✓
Introduced
✓
In Committee
✓
Passed Assembly
✓
Passed Senate
✓
To Executive
6
Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
2 sponsors

1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Existing law makes it unlawful to take white sharks for recreational or commercial purposes except under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife for scientific or educational purposes or if taken incidentally by commercial fishing operations using certain types of nets. For purposes of these prohibitions, existing law defines "take" to mean to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or to attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill. Existing law makes a violation of these prohibitions a crime. This bill would also make it unlawful, except as provided, to use any shark bait, shark lure, or shark chum, as defined, to attract any white shark; to place any shark bait, shark lure, or shark chum into the water within one nautical mile of any shoreline, pier, or jetty when a white shark is either visible or known to be present; or to place any shark bait, shark lure, or shark chum into the water for the purpose of viewing any shark when a white shark is visible or known to be present. Because a violation of these prohibitions would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/19/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 19, 2022
Enrolled 08/26/22 - Enrolled pdf August 26, 2022
Amended 08/10/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 10, 2022
Amended 05/23/22 - Amended Assembly pdf May 23, 2022
Introduced 02/14/22 - Introduced pdf February 14, 2022
AB2109 View text html

Action History

September 19, 2022
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2022.
September 19, 2022
Approved by the Governor.
August 31, 2022
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
August 24, 2022
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 1.).
August 24, 2022
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
August 23, 2022
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
August 23, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 5014.).
August 11, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 10, 2022
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 09, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 08, 2022
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
June 20, 2022
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 08, 2022
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
May 27, 2022
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 27, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 6.)
May 23, 2022
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4815.)
April 28, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
April 27, 2022
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 27).
April 05, 2022
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
February 24, 2022
Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W.
February 15, 2022
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
February 14, 2022
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Bennett, Steve Democratic

Co-sponsors (1)

Bloom

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 120 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

AB 2109 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments

August 24, 2022

Passed 65 Yea · 1 Nay · 14 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	30	0	0	2
Unaffiliated	32	0	0	7
Republican	3	1	0	5
Total	65	1	0	14
% of votes cast	81%	1%	0%	18%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Cooper	—	Yea
Gray	—	Not Voting
Smith	—	Not Voting
Voepel	—	Not Voting
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Not Voting
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Not Voting
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Nay
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB2109 Bennett et al. By Laird

August 23, 2022

Passed 34 Yea · 2 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	19	1	0	3
Republican	2	1	0	1
Total	34	2	0	4
% of votes cast	85%	5%	0%	10%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Leyva	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Nay
Melendez	—	Not Voting
Bates	—	Not Voting
Borgeas	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

June 20, 2022

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	0
Democratic	3	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	1
Total	7	0	0	2
% of votes cast	78%	0%	0%	22%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Hueso	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Not Voting
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

AB 2109 Bennett Assembly Third Reading

May 27, 2022

Passed 58 Yea · 6 Nay · 14 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	24	0	0	6
Unaffiliated	32	3	0	4
Republican	2	3	0	4
Total	58	6	0	14
% of votes cast	74%	8%	0%	18%

How each member voted (78)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Smith	—	Nay
Bigelow	—	Nay
Gray	—	Not Voting
Wood	—	Not Voting
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Not Voting
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Not Voting
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Nay
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass.

April 27, 2022

Passed 11 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	2	0	1
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Republican	0	2	0	0
Total	11	4	0	1
% of votes cast	69%	25%	0%	6%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Nay
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Not Voting
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

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

April 05, 2022

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	3
Democratic	6	0	0	1
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	10	0	0	5
% of votes cast	67%	0%	0%	33%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Friedman	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Levine	—	Not Voting
Smith	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

environment

Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2109 do?: Existing law makes it unlawful to take white sharks for recreational or commercial purposes except under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife for scientific or educational purposes or if taken incidentally by commercial fishing operations using certain types of nets. For purposes of these prohibitions, existing law defines "take" to mean to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or to attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill. Existing law makes a violation of these prohibitions a crime. This bill would also make it unlawful, except as provided, to use any shark bait, shark lure, or shark chum, as defined, to attract any white shark; to place any shark bait, shark lure, or shark chum into the water within one nautical mile of any shoreline, pier, or jetty when a white shark is either visible or known to be present; or to place any shark bait, shark lure, or shark chum into the water for the purpose of viewing any shark when a white shark is visible or known to be present. Because a violation of these prohibitions would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 AB 2109?: AB 2109 is sponsored by Bennett, Steve (Democratic) and Bloom.
What is the current status of AB 2109?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2022. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2109?: Track AB 2109 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Keep track of this bill

Add this bill to your alerts and we'll email you when it moves — or keep it on a watchlist and see it in your weekly digest.

Create a free account →

At a glance

Identifier: AB 2109
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 14, 2022
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Bennett, Steve

Make your voice heard on AB 2109

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of AB 2109

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →