AB-2207 • 2026

Hunting tags: transfer: youth and disabled veteran participation programs.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Hadwick
Last action: 2026-04-15
Official status: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on conditions, fees, or exact amounts deposited into the Big Game Management Account.

Hunting Tag Transfer for Youth and Disabled Veterans

This law allows hunting tags to be transferred under certain conditions from a person to their child or grandchild, or from a donor tag holder to youth with serious health issues or disabilities, or disabled veterans.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a program that lets people transfer their hunting tags to their children or grandchildren if they meet specific conditions set by the department.
Allows nonprofit organizations to facilitate the transfer of hunting tags from someone who has one to youth with serious health issues, disabilities, or disabled veterans, subject to specified conditions.

Who It Names or Affects

People who have hunting tags can give them to their children or grandchildren if they follow the rules set by the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Nonprofit organizations that help youth with serious health issues, disabilities, or disabled veterans get hunting opportunities through tag transfers.

Terms To Know

Hunting Tag: A special label needed to hunt certain animals like antelope, elk, deer, bears, and bighorn rams in addition to a regular hunting license.
Disabled Veteran: A veteran who has been given a disability rating by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs due to injuries or illnesses from military service.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify exact conditions for transferring tags.
It is unclear what specific fees will be collected and how they are used.

Bill History

2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-07 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
2026-04-06 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
2026-03-12 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-09 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on W., P., & W.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2207, as amended, Hadwick.
Hunting tags: transfer: youth
and disabled veteran
participation programs.
Under existing law, a hunting license grants the privilege to take birds and mammals. Existing law provides for the issuance by the Department of Fish and Wildlife of tags that are required in addition to a hunting license to take specified animals, including antelope, elk, deer, bears, and bighorn rams. Existing law prohibits the transfer of a tag issued by the department.
The bill would require the department to establish a hunting tag transfer program that authorizes a person to transfer a tag issued for the take of one of those species to their child or grandchild, subject to specified conditions. In addition, the bill would require the department to establish a hunting tag transfer program that authorizes
a person to
an organization to facilitate the
transfer
of
a tag issued for the take of one of those species
to a nonprofit hunting organization for that organization to
provide a hunting opportunity with that tag
by submitting a request to the department to transfer the tag from a donor tag holder
to a
child
youth
with a life-threatening
medical condition
illness
or permanent physical
disability, subject to specified conditions.
disability or to a disabled veteran, as specified.
The bill would
authorize the department to collect
a fee to cover the reasonable cost of transferring a tag under those programs
certain fees to cover specified costs of those programs
and would require the department to deposit revenues from
the fee
those fees
into the Big Game Management Account.

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