republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1459.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Capitol: mural honoring Native Americans."
description: "Existing law, known as the State Capitol Building Annex Act of 2016, authorizes the Joint Rules Committee to pursue the construction of a State Capitol Building Annex or the restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction of the existing State Capitol Building Annex. Existing law requires any construction, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction work undertaken pursuant to the act to incorporate specified elements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1459"
citation: "California AB 1459 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Capitol", "mural honoring Native Americans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c856845e-b8fb-492b-aace-99be8ab52ce0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1459"
source_hash: "643fc471165869b1e2140014b6b893a6ec9f517d43d3de6669765e8fea764f01"
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 1459 (20232024) — State Capitol: mural honoring Native Americans.

Existing law, known as the State Capitol Building Annex Act of 2016, authorizes the Joint Rules Committee to pursue the construction of a State Capitol Building Annex or the restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction of the existing State Capitol Building Annex. Existing law requires any construction, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction work undertaken pursuant to the act to incorporate specified elements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1459&version=20230AB145999INT)
2. **06/19/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1459&version=20230AB145998AMD)
3. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1459&version=20230AB145996CHP)
4. **AB1459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1459)
5. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1459&version=20230AB145997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1459 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1459 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1459 Ramos et al. By Laird — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1524.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2377.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3036.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c856845e-b8fb-492b-aace-99be8ab52ce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).