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type: "Bill"
title: "State slug."
description: "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 gray whale as the official state marine mammal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1850"
citation: "California AB 1850 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State slug"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pellerin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/816010fb-2773-43a5-b8c6-1d6392fc39f2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1850"
source_hash: "1e8a468ecccf137858dd27ebf6d595471484bdaf4b4580c8a50602ea1799bca5"
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 1850 (20232024) — State slug.
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 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. **01/17/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1850&version=20230AB185099INT)
2. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1850&version=20230AB185097CHP)
3. **AB1850** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1850)
4. **08/22/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1850&version=20230AB185098ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **130** (pass) · lower
- AB 1850 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — **731** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1850 Pellerin et al. By Laird — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **110** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pellerin — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Hart — coauthor (person)
- Jim Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 4788.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** 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 520.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 668, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/816010fb-2773-43a5-b8c6-1d6392fc39f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).