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 09/08/25 - Amended Assembly
 01/23/25 - Introduced

 SB-149 Public resources trailer bill.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 09/09/2025 08:57 AM

SB149:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

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 Assembly
 September 09, 2025

 Amended
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 Assembly
 September 08, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 149

Introduced by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

January 23, 2025

An act to amend Sections 2301 and 2302 of, and to add Section 2303 to, the Fish and Game Code, to add and repeal Section 515 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to amend Sections 675, 676, and 676.1 of, to amend the heading of Article 1.3 (commencing with Section 675) of Chapter 5 of Division 3 of, and to add Section 677.5 to, the Harbors and Navigation Code, to amend Sections 4114.1, 21080, 90135, 92020, and 93520 of, and to add and repeal Section 30612.5 of, the Public Resources Code, and to amend Sections 9853, 9860, and 9863 of the Vehicle Code, relating to public resources, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 149, as amended, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
 Public resources trailer bill.

(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, dreissenid mussels, and authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife or the director’s designee to engage in various enforcement activities with regard to dreissenid mussels. Existing law requires any person, or federal, state, or local agency, district, or authority that owns or manages a reservoir, as defined, where recreational, boating, or fishing activities are permitted, except as specified, to develop and implement a program designed to prevent the introduction of nonnative dreissenid mussel species, as provided. Under existing law, except as otherwise provided, any violation of the Fish and Game Code, or of any rule, regulation,
 or order made or adopted under the code, is a crime.

This bill would expand the scope of the above-described provisions relating to dreissenid mussels to instead apply to invasive mussels, defined to mean any nonnative detrimental mussel species, as provided. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Existing law requires a public or private agency that operates a water supply system to cooperate with the Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement measures to avoid infestation by dreissenid mussels and to control or eradicate any infestation that may occur in a water supply system, and, if dreissenid mussels are detected, to prepare and implement a plan, as specified, to control or eradicate dreissenid mussels within the system. Existing law requires any person or entity that manages any aspect of the water in a
 reservoir, as defined, where recreational, boating, or fishing activities are permitted, to be eligible to receive a grant for the reasonable regulatory costs incident to the implementation of a dreissenid mussel infestation prevention plan.

This bill would instead apply the above-described provisions to invasive mussels, as defined. The bill would require the department to, on or before December 31, 2026, review all approved plans and require all plans that do not specifically address all invasive mussel species known to be present in bodies of water in the state as of January 1, 2026, to be updated or revised, as provided. The bill would require every invasive mussel species to be addressed in a plan within a specified timeframe. By expanding the scope of a crime, this the
 bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the department to either approve the plan or provide written comments and suggestions on plan review deficiencies, as provided.

Existing law requires the owner of a vessel, as described, to register the vessel in accordance with prescribed requirements governing the registration and transfer of vessels. Existing law requires vessel registration to be renewed every 2-year period, as specified. Existing law establishes a registration fee and a renewal fee for ves