AB 261 is sponsored by Kalra, Ash (Democratic).

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California 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 261 — Mushrooms.

Last action October 10, 2023 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 644, Statutes of 2023.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic) on October 10, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Existing law establishes the state flag and the state's emblems, including, among other things, the golden poppy as the official state flower and the California redwood as the official state tree. This bill would establish the California Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus californicus) as the official state mushroom.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/10/23 - Chaptered Current pdf October 10, 2023
Enrolled 09/08/23 - Enrolled pdf September 08, 2023
Introduced 01/19/23 - Introduced pdf January 19, 2023
AB261 View text html

Action History

October 10, 2023
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 644, Statutes of 2023.
October 10, 2023
Approved by the Governor.
September 13, 2023
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
September 06, 2023
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
September 06, 2023
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2388.).
June 14, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
June 13, 2023
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 13).
May 03, 2023
Referred to Com. on G.O.
March 16, 2023
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
March 16, 2023
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 692.)
March 13, 2023
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
March 09, 2023
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (March 8).
February 02, 2023
Referred to Com. on G.O.
January 20, 2023
From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
January 19, 2023
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Kalra, Ash Democratic

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB261 Kalra By Laird

September 06, 2023

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	0	0	0
Democratic	22	0	0	0
Republican	7	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Roth	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

June 13, 2023

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	3	0	0	1
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	0
Total	14	0	0	1
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	7%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Dodd	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

AB 261 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day

March 16, 2023

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	42	0	0	4
Republican	11	0	0	2
Unaffiliated	20	0	0	1
Total	73	0	0	7
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Mathis	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Boerner Horvath	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Essayli	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Holden	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Not Voting
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Not Voting
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Not Voting
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

March 08, 2023

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	10	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Republican	4	0	0	0
Total	22	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (22)

Member	Party	Vote
Santiago	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 261 do?: Existing law establishes the state flag and the state's emblems, including, among other things, the golden poppy as the official state flower and the California redwood as the official state tree. This bill would establish the California Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus californicus) as the official state mushroom.
Who sponsors AB 261?: AB 261 is sponsored by Kalra, Ash (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 261?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2023. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 261?: Track AB 261 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

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At a glance

Identifier: AB 261
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 19, 2023
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Kalra, Ash

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