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California AB 581 (20252026) — State shrub.

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 purple needlegrass as the official State Grass.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/19/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/09/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB581 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB581 Bennett By Ochoa Bogh — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 581 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day — 61–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2025-02-24 Referred to Com. on W. P., & W. referral-committee
• 2025-02-24 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
• 2025-02-25 Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 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
• 2025-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 919.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-03-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2410.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-02 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9786413d-d6f8-46f1-a00a-18fdcf7dd24c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).