republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-501.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State fabric."
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: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 501"
citation: "California AB 501 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State fabric."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2016-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a381299a-6473-4870-a226-1473ae192977"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501"
source_hash: "13b444dd2a4688c74a9a73dcb7b146b5eaeb75537eb571b5da426688927f9c84"
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 501 (20152016) — State fabric.

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. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501&version=20150AB50199INT)
2. **01/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501&version=20150AB50197AMD)
3. **04/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501&version=20150AB50198AMD)
4. **06/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501&version=20150AB50196AMD)
5. **06/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501&version=20150AB50195AMD)
6. **08/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501&version=20150AB50194AMD)
7. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501&version=20150AB50192CHP)
8. **AB501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501)
9. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB501&version=20150AB50193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 501 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 501 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB501 Levine By Leno — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Gomez — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lopez — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-01-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-01-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3507.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `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 G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4968.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6544.)
- **2016-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 6548.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 873, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a381299a-6473-4870-a226-1473ae192977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).