---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources."
description: "(1) Existing law declares the official state animal, rock, mineral, grass, insect, and bird, among other official things."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1528"
citation: "California AB 1528 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2015-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f14b2663-bfac-4076-a8ec-39d460178ad9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1528"
source_hash: "01f4f16e27bd83fd03847dc70ba2b0d263e03e4e9ac3286b2f75b4ac9f9eded2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1528 (20152016) — Public resources.

(1) Existing law declares the official state animal, rock, mineral, grass, insect, and bird, among other official things.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/18/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1528&version=20150AB152899INT)
2. **07/15/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1528&version=20150AB152897CHP)
3. **AB1528** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1528)
4. **07/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1528&version=20150AB152898ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1528 W., P. & W. Assembly Third Reading By LEVINE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1528 Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife By Pavley — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-03-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1221.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 1663.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 113, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f14b2663-bfac-4076-a8ec-39d460178ad9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).