---
type: "Bill"
title: "State nut: almond, walnut, pistachio, and pecan."
description: "Existing law declares the official state animal, rock, mineral, grass, insect, bird, and marine fish, among other things."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1067"
citation: "California AB 1067 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State nut: almond", "walnut", "pistachio", "and pecan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee885d2b-b026-4162-b407-ff0ecbb822b2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1067"
source_hash: "6362bf934d657a1a4c42490720558ded2841e2d2730efe4bf660dbe6ad633a63"
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 1067 (20172018) — State nut: almond, walnut, pistachio, and pecan.

Existing law declares the official state animal, rock, mineral, grass, insect, bird, and marine fish, among other things.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1067&version=20170AB106799INT)
2. **03/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1067&version=20170AB106798AMD)
3. **05/11/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1067&version=20170AB106797AMD)
4. **07/10/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1067&version=20170AB106795CHP)
5. **AB1067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1067)
6. **06/21/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1067&version=20170AB106796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1067 — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1479.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1528.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1611.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 49, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee885d2b-b026-4162-b407-ff0ecbb822b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).