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Bill	State crustacean.	Existing law establishes the state flag and the state's emblems, including, among other things, the golden poppy as the official state flower, the California redwood as the official state tree, and the California gray whale as the official state marine mammal.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1797	California AB 1797 (20232024)	bill	State crustacean	enacted	Wood	6	20	5	2024-01-04	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/9e73f543-c2c5-4ba4-8aa8-3a00552c8058	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1797	ebc13fe1b031d69f9b8d3b9c26e084b4b260842e2e06161f14a77146c1ef0148	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1797 (20232024) — State crustacean.

Existing law establishes the state flag and the state's emblems, including, among other things, the golden poppy as the official state flower, the California redwood as the official state tree, and the California gray whale as the official state marine mammal.

Version chain

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

1. 01/04/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/08/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/14/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1797 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1797 Wood Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1797 Wood et al. By Laird — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1797 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• McGuire — principal coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-05 From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-03-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4534.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2024-05-14 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5199.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 6436.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e73f543-c2c5-4ba4-8aa8-3a00552c8058. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).