republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2790.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Capitol Historic Region: international genocide memorial."
description: "Existing law authorizes the construction of an international genocide memorial in the Capitol Historic Region and provides for the establishment of a commission in that regard. Existing law prohibits construction of the memorial until the master plan of the State Capitol Park is approved and adopted by the Joint Committee on Rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2790"
citation: "California AB 2790 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Capitol Historic Region: international genocide memorial."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5940b369-8949-4318-affa-95f57403c070"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2790"
source_hash: "606a7c15da9a70271d903c4f273ba2e5b4bf90d756c2a97c93ec6101cb276f58"
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 2790 (20152016) — State Capitol Historic Region: international genocide memorial.

Existing law authorizes the construction of an international genocide memorial in the Capitol Historic Region and provides for the establishment of a commission in that regard. Existing law prohibits construction of the memorial until the master plan of the State Capitol Park is approved and adopted by the Joint Committee on Rules.

## 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=201520160AB2790&version=20150AB279099INT)
2. **03/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2790&version=20150AB279098AMD)
3. **04/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2790&version=20150AB279097AMD)
4. **06/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2790&version=20150AB279096AMD)
5. **06/27/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2790&version=20150AB279095AMD)
6. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2790&version=20150AB279093CHP)
7. **AB2790** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2790)
8. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2790&version=20150AB279094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2790 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — **73–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 2790 NAZARIAN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2790 Nazarian By Pan Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nazarian — primary (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`
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 12). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 5044.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5058.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6462.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 700, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5940b369-8949-4318-affa-95f57403c070`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).