CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 264

Statutes of 2017

[ Approved by Governor September 23, 2017. Filed with Secretary of State September 23, 2017. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Caballero and Jones-Sawyer)

February 17, 2017

An act to amend Section 425.7 of the Government Code, relating to state government.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law establishes the state flag and the state’s emblems, including, among other things, the saber-toothed cat as the official state fossil.

This bill would establish the Augustynolophus morrisi as the official state dinosaur.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 425.7 of the Government Code is amended to read:

425.7.

(a) The Augustynolophus morrisi is the official state dinosaur.

(b) The saber-toothed cat (Smilodon californicus) is the official state fossil.