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Measure
Authors Ochoa Bogh  
Subject Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act: take: relocation.
Relating To relating to conservation.
Title An act to amend Section 1927.1 of, and to add Section 1928.1 to, the Fish and Game Code, relating to conservation.
Last Action Dt 2026-03-24
State Amended Senate
Status In Committee Process
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Majority No Yes No None No No Y
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Bill Actions
2026-03-24     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-26     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-13     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
2026-02-12     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Versions
Amended Senate     2026-03-24
Introduced     2026-02-12
Analyses TBD
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(1) The Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act prohibits any person or public agency from importing into the state, exporting out of the state, or taking, possessing, purchasing, or selling within the state, a western Joshua tree or any part or product of the tree, except as specified. The act authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife to permit the taking of a western Joshua tree if specified conditions are met, including, but not limited to, that the permittee mitigates all impacts to, and taking of, the western Joshua tree through measures that are roughly proportional in extent to the impact of the authorized taking of the western Joshua tree. The act authorizes, in lieu of completing the mitigation measures, a permittee to elect to satisfy the mitigation obligation by paying fees pursuant to a specified fee schedule, as provided.

This bill would exempt from the act the relocation of a western Joshua tree that is relocated within the same parcel or relocated to a contiguous parcel that is owned by the same owner of the parcel where the western Joshua tree is being relocated from.

(2) Existing law defines “take” to mean hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill.

This bill would specify for the purposes of the act that “take” does not include unintentionally or accidentally causing the death of a western Joshua tree.