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type: "Bill"
title: "State government: Pacific leatherback sea turtle."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the state flag and the state's emblems, including, among other things, the poppy as the official state flower, the California redwood as the official state tree, and the California desert tortoise as the official state reptile."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1776"
citation: "California AB 1776 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State government: Pacific leatherback sea turtle."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d24582d-3cdf-45e1-bffb-561787d5b77e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1776"
source_hash: "74c29a150543d277cc7445f3809f837e16e10c3dbfb03a0a0a24f30b44c6d9e0"
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 1776 (20112012) — State government: Pacific leatherback sea turtle.
(1) Existing law establishes the state flag and the state's emblems, including, among other things, the poppy as the official state flower, the California redwood as the official state tree, and the California desert tortoise as the official state reptile.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1776&version=20110AB177699INT)
2. **03/22/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1776&version=20110AB177698AMD)
3. **09/26/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1776&version=20110AB177696CHP)
4. **AB1776** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1776)
5. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1776&version=20110AB177697ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1776 FONG Consent Calendar Second Day — **770** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1776 Fong By Leno — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **120** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fong — primary (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P. & W. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4374.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** From consent calendar.
- **2012-06-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4470.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d24582d-3cdf-45e1-bffb-561787d5b77e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).