CaliforniaCounty fish and wildlife propagation fund: wildlife coexistence: tear gas.
What it does
Existing law allows a person to purchase, possess, or use tear gas or a tear gas weapon for the projection or release or tear gas if the tear gas or tear gas weapon is used solely for self-defense purposes, subject to specified requirements. Under existing law, anyone who uses tear gas or a tear gas weapon except in self-defense is guilty of a crime.
More detail
This bill would allow a person, who is authorized by the Department of Fish and Wildlife to apply aversive conditioning on wolves, to purchase, possess, or use any tear gas weapon that expels a projectile upon authorization from the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county.
Existing law requires certain fines and penalties paid to and retained in a county treasury to be deposited in a county fish and wildlife propagation fund and expended for the protection, conservation, propagation, and preservation of fish and wildlife, as specified. Existing law authorizes expenditures from a county fish and wildlife propagation fund for purposes relating to fish and wildlife, including, among other things, costs incurred by a district attorney or city attorney in investigating and prosecuting civil and criminal actions relating to fish and wildlife.
This bill would additionally authorize expenditures from a county fish and wildlife propagation fund for costs relating to wildlife coexistence programs to prevent human-wildlife conflict.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 18In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.Latest
- Jun 15Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and PUB. S.Minor
- Jun 12Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Jun 12Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Jun 11From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Major
- May 6Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.Minor
- Apr 23In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 1673 Hadwick Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 23Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4789.)Passed Assembly
- Apr 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 9Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Apr 8From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 24From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 5Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.Minor
- Mar 4From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.Major
- Feb 24Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.Minor
- Feb 23From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.Major
- Feb 23Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.Minor
- Feb 3From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- Feb 2Read first time. To print.Introduced