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Committee backs bill to remove sunset on California Migratory Bird Protection Act
Summary
AB 454 would make permanent California's Migratory Bird Protection Act (the state-level mirror of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act as interpreted before 2017) by removing the law's sunset date. Supporters said the change preserves consistent protections for migratory birds regardless of shifts in federal policy; no formal opposition testified at the
Assemblymember Carl Ra presented AB 454 to the committee, a bill that would remove the sunset date from the California Migratory Bird Protection Act and make the state statute permanent.
Michael Chen of Audubon California and representatives from Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, Planning and Conservation League and other conservation organizations testified in…
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