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CA AB 581

enacted

State shrub.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 581 pass?

Yes. CA AB 581 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-09. Latest recorded action (2025-10-09): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 581 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 purple needlegrass as the official State Grass. This bill would establish the bigberry manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca) as the official state shrub.

Who sponsors CA AB 581?

Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 581.

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 purple needlegrass as the official State Grass. This bill would establish the bigberry manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca) as the official state shrub.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2025-10-09 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bennettauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

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  4. 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.

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  5. 2025-02-25

    Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

    referral-committee

  6. 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.

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  7. 2025-03-20

    Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

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  8. 2025-03-25

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 25).

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  9. 2025-03-26

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  10. 2025-03-28

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 919.)

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  11. 2025-03-28

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  13. 2025-06-10

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10).

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  14. 2025-06-11

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-09-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2410.).

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  16. 2025-09-02

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  17. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  18. 2025-10-09

    Approved by the Governor.

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  19. 2025-10-09

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/12/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-12Compare
  • 02/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-24Compare
  • 03/19/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-19Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 10/09/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-09Compare
  • AB581Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-03-25 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Macedo: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bennett: yes

  • AB 581 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-03-28 · pass · 61-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Papan: other
    • Soria: other
    • Essayli: other
    • Chen: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Ward: other
    • Carrillo: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Rogers: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • DeMaio: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Patel: other

  • Do pass

    2025-06-10 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Archuleta: other
    • Weber Pierson: other

  • 3rd Reading AB581 Bennett By Ochoa Bogh

    2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB581

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