California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2032: Fish and wildlife: invasive mussels: golden mussels.
Status: Chaptered, September 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Sections 2150.6 and 2301.5 to the Fish and Game Code, to add Section 12824.1 to the Food and Agricultural Code, and to add Section 13371 to the Water Code, relating to fish and wildlife, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. fish and wildlife, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately Fish and wildlife: invasive mussels: golden mussels…
From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:
An act to add Sections 2150.6 and 2301.5 to the Fish and Game Code, to add Section 12824.1 to the Food and Agricultural Code, and to add Section 13371 to the Water Code, relating to fish and wildlife, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. fish and wildlife, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately Fish and wildlife: invasive mussels: golden mussels. (1) Existing law, until January 1, 2030, generally prohibits a person from possessing, importing, shipping, or transporting in the state, or from placing, planting, or causing to be placed or planted in any water within the state, invasive mussels, as defined. Existing law requires a public or private agency that operates a water supply system to cooperate with the Department of Fish and Wildlife (department) to implement measures to avoid infestation by invasive mussels and to control or eradicate any infestation that may occur in a water supply system, and, if invasive mussels are detected, to prepare and implement a plan, as specified, to control or eradicate invasive mussels within the system (control plan). Existing law prohibits the importation, transportation, possession, or live release of specified wild animals, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit, known as a restricted species permit, issued by the department, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, and …
Sponsors
- Rhodesia Ransom (D, AD13) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 817, Statutes of 2026.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6935.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly.
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
Votes
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2032 Ransom By Ashby Urgency Clause (August 30, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 2032 Ransom Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (July 1, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 23, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB2032?
- AB2032 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Fish and wildlife: invasive mussels: golden mussels.
- What does AB2032 do?
- In its own words: An act to add Sections 2150.6 and 2301.5 to the Fish and Game Code, to add Section 12824.1 to the Food and Agricultural Code, and to add Section 13371 to the Water Code, relating to fish and wildlife, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. fish and wildlife, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately Fish and wildlife: invasive mussels: golden mussels…
- What is the status of AB2032?
- Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. (September 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB2032?
- Rhodesia Ransom (D, AD13).
- Where is the official record for AB2032?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2032
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