CA AB 1334
in committeeCalifornia State Library: study: official state energy.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1334 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 1334 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 1334 about?
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. Existing law establishes the California State Library within the state government and vests control of the library to the State Librarian. Existing law authorizes the California State Library to serve as the central reference and research library for the departments of state government and maintain adequate legislative reference and research library services for the Legislature. This bill would require the California State Library to conduct a study, in consultation with the public, on the best candidate for the official state energy. The bill would require the California State Library, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report to the Legislature with the California State Library's recommendations based on the study. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
Who sponsors CA AB 1334?
Wallis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1334, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
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. Existing law establishes the California State Library within the state government and vests control of the library to the State Librarian. Existing law authorizes the California State Library to serve as the central reference and research library for the departments of state government and maintain adequate legislative reference and research library services for the Legislature. This bill would require the California State Library to conduct a study, in consultation with the public, on the best candidate for the official state energy. The bill would require the California State Library, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report to the Legislature with the California State Library's recommendations based on the study. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Wallisauthor
- Sterncoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-08
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-30
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-24
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-05-28
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2025-05-15
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-15
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1571.)
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2025-05-12
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-08
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-07
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).
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2025-04-23
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-02
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-03-27
Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.
2025-05-07 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hart: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ta: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Irwin: other
- Boerner: other
- Zbur: other
AB 1334 Wallis Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-15 · pass · 66-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Alvarez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bains: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Addis: yes
- Krell: yes
- Solache: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Soria: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Davies: yes
- Haney: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lee: yes
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Alanis: other
- Stefani: other
- Bennett: other
- Tangipa: other
- Hart: other
- Arambula: other
- Macedo: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Ellis: other
- Caloza: other
- Castillo: other
- Ramos: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Rubio: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: other
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