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type: "Bill"
title: "State snake."
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 desert tortoise as the official state reptile."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 765"
citation: "California SB 765 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Statesnake"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niello"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d9282e2-288b-44f6-97cc-d9bd6088c7ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB765"
source_hash: "683703ccb00317612603f19d2a7113d97019222adad8c3a87499c403afe90e28"
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 SB 765 (20252026) — State snake.
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 desert tortoise as the official state reptile.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB765&version=20250SB76599INT)
2. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB765&version=20250SB76598AMD)
3. **10/09/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB765&version=20250SB76596CHP)
4. **SB765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB765)
5. **09/04/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB765&version=20250SB76597ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB765 Niello Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- SB 765 Niello Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **150** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Niello — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2025-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 704.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1237.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on W. P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2453.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2406.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 482, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d9282e2-288b-44f6-97cc-d9bd6088c7ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).