Migratory birds: California Migratory Bird Protection Act.

Header changed from enrolled bill format (with passage dates and clerk signatures) to chaptered format showing 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' and 'CHAPTER 365'.

Governor's approval date filled in: 'Approved by Governor October 6, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 6, 2025.'

Page numbering and footer format updated from enrolled bill style (AB 454, page 95) to chaptered style (Ch. 365, page 94). All statutory text in Sections 1-5 is unchanged.

Section 3513 now prohibits taking or possessing any 'migratory bird' rather than only 'migratory nongame bird,' expanding protection to include game migratory birds as well.

The legislative counsel's digest was updated to match the operative text change, removing 'nongame' from the description of protected birds.

Updated the legislative history header to reflect the new Senate amendment date (June 16, 2025) while retaining the prior Assembly amendment date.

Fixed a typo in the bill summary line where 'birds' was duplicated and punctuation was corrected ('migratory birds. birds,' changed to 'migratory birds,').

Changed 'Vote: majority 2/3' to 'Vote: 2/3' in the legislative counsel's digest.

Page numbers shifted from 97 to 96 due to reflow of text after the typo fix.

New Section 5 declares the bill an urgency statute that takes effect immediately upon approval, citing the need to protect California's hundreds of diverse bird species and dependent ecosystems from harmful human activity.

The required legislative vote changed from a simple majority to a two-thirds supermajority, which is the constitutional requirement for passing an urgency statute in California.

The bill's short title description was updated to include 'and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.' The legislative counsel's digest was reworded slightly but retains the same substantive meaning regarding the indefinite extension of migratory bird protections.

The cutoff date for which federally designated migratory nongame birds are protected under state law changed from January 1, 2017 to January 1, 2025. This means birds added to the federal list during that 8-year window are now also covered by California's protection, broadening the scope of the law.

Senator Allen was added as a coauthor of the bill.