---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Capitol: Mervyn Dymally bust."
description: "Existing law prescribes various duties for the Department of General Services in connection with development and maintenance of the park around the State Capitol Building."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2704"
citation: "California AB 2704 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Capitol: Mervyn Dymally bust."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1caf1a3a-b19d-4f07-8692-fd2a3184df52"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2704"
source_hash: "78c8637df3e6f42a24d70117488d748f42b51abcc2b0ff01e273ac094c666cb4"
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 2704 (20152016) — State Capitol: Mervyn Dymally bust.

Existing law prescribes various duties for the Department of General Services in connection with development and maintenance of the park around the State Capitol Building.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2704&version=20150AB270499INT)
2. **04/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2704&version=20150AB270498AMD)
3. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2704&version=20150AB270496CHP)
4. **AB2704** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2704)
5. **08/24/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2704&version=20150AB270497ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2704 Gipson By Hertzberg — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2704 GIPSON Consent Calendar Second Day — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Burke — coauthor (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Thurmond — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4960.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5241.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1caf1a3a-b19d-4f07-8692-fd2a3184df52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).