republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2504.md

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Bill	State seashell.	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 2504	California AB 2504 (20232024)	bill	State seashell	enacted	Dixon	5	18	4	2024-02-13	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/6e746c03-cdf9-40b8-86c4-d820aff03745	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2504	18b4869b8bb1d1923913dc364a9687466e5d03ddc96b9d9484a04a7dafddb0c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2504 (20232024) — State seashell.

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. 02/13/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2504 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2504 Dixon et al. By Nguyen — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2504 Dixon Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dixon — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 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
• 2024-03-18 Re-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
• 2024-04-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4658.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-08 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
• 2024-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5265.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-21 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 669, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e746c03-cdf9-40b8-86c4-d820aff03745. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).