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Bill State dinosaur: Augustynolophus morrisi. Existing law establishes the state flag and the state's emblems, including, among other things, the saber-toothed cat as the official state fossil. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 1540 California AB 1540 (20172018)
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California AB 1540 (20172018) — State dinosaur: Augustynolophus morrisi.

Existing law establishes the state flag and the state's emblems, including, among other things, the saber-toothed cat as the official state fossil.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 09/23/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB1540 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/05/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Bloom — primary (person)
  • Caballero — coauthor (person)
  • Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
  • 2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (March 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-04-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-04-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 0. Page 963.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-04-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2017-06-21 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
  • 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2301.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-08-31 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2017-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2017-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bac30e84-7b38-46b2-b5cd-632c8817c2df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).