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2009-2010 session

SB 624 Romero

State rock.

An act to repeal Section 425.2 of the Government Code, relating to the state rock.
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Status:
Amended Assembly Aug. 16, 2010
In Committee Process  
Location:
Assembly Committee Asm Rules
Scheduled hearings:
None
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Digest:  Existing law establishes various animals, vegetables, and minerals as emblematic of the state and provide that serpentine is the official state rock and lithologic emblem. This bill would remove serpentine as the state rock and lithologic emblem. »More

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Location: Assembly Floor AssemblyFloor
Aug. 17, 2010
Assembly Rule 69 (d) suspended. (Ayes 44. Noes 26.)
Aug. 16, 2010
Read third time. Amended. To third reading.
 Version: Amended Assembly
June 25, 2010
June 24, 2010
Read second time. To third reading.
June 23, 2010
Read second time. Amended. To second reading.
 Version: Amended Assembly
June 22, 2010
(Heard in committee on June 21.)
Location: Asm Natural Resources
June 21, 2010
 Vote: Asm Natural Resources
Ayes: 7
Noes: 0
Abstain: 2
June 18, 2010
May 19, 2010
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
 Version: Amended Assembly
June 22, 2009
Hearing postponed by committee.
June 2, 2009
To Com. on NAT. RES.
Location: Senate Floor
May 18, 2009
 Vote: Senate Floor
Ayes: 36
Noes: 0
Abstain: 3
Location: Senate Desk SenateDesk
May 18, 2009
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 930.) To Assembly.
May 14, 2009
To Special Consent Calendar.
May 13, 2009
Read second time. To third reading.
May 12, 2009
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Location: Senate Committee Sen Appropriations Sen Appropriations
May 1, 2009
Set for hearing May 11.
April 28, 2009
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 679.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Location: Sen Environmental Quality
April 27, 2009
 Vote: Sen Environmental Quality
Ayes: 7
Noes: 0
Abstain: 0
Location: Sen Sen. Environmental Quality
April 24, 2009
Location: Senate Committee Sen Environmental Quality Sen Environmental Quality
April 23, 2009
Set for hearing April 27.
April 16, 2009
Re-referred to Com. on EQ.
Location: Senate Committee Sen Rules Sen Rules
April 13, 2009
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
 Version: Amended Senate
March 19, 2009
To Com. on RLS.
Location: Senate Rules SenateRules
March 2, 2009
Read first time.
Feb. 28, 2009
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 30.
Feb. 27, 2009
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
 Version: Introduced


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Calif Assembly OKs placement-agent regulation bill
Fresno Bee, Aug. 31, 2010
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California state rock leads to dispute
Ventura County Star - Editorials and Opinion, Aug. 21, 2010
... hreat. The bill’s history also was questionable. When Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, brought SB 624 before the Senate, it pertained to composting. But a day after Senate passage, its contents were stripped out and replaced by the state rock provisions -- a technique commonl ...

The inside story of a very hot rock
San Diego Union-Tribune - Opinion, Aug. 20, 2010
... hreat. The bill’s history also was questionable. When Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, brought SB 624 before the Senate, it pertained to composting. But a day after Senate passage, its contents were stripped out and replaced by the state rock provisions – a technique common ...

Dan Walters: State rock controversy enters new phase
Sacramento Bee - Dan Walters, Aug. 18, 2010
... threat. The bill's history also was questionable. When Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, brought SB 624 before the Senate, it pertained to composting. But a day after Senate passage, its contents were stripped out and replaced by the state rock provisions – a technique com ...

Fight over state rock enters calmer phase
Fresno Bee - Political Notebook, Aug. 9, 2010
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Caught between the state rock and a hard place
Stockton Record, Aug. 1, 2010
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Articles About the State Rock
Civil Justice Association of California - Blog, July 23, 2010
... ng issues. Like, for instance, its $19 billion deficit. More. Website and Blog Posts Serpentine - SB 624, Senator Gloria Romero and ADAO Minerals expert Justin Zzyzx, July 5, 2010 On July 2nd I received an email from the office of Senator Romero, instructing me to call Linda R ...

California's Pet Rock, Part III
Bay Area News Group - East Bay - Political Blotter weblog, July 20, 2010
... uly 20th, 2010 at 2:36 pm in California State Senate, Gloria Romero. First I wrote last week about SB 624, legislation to revoke the status of serpentine, which can contain asbestos, as California’s official state rock on the basis that it’s a symbol conveying a deadly legacy ...

Wait, they're going after the state rock?
Fresno Bee - Political Notebook, July 16, 2010
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Letters to the editor
San Francisco Chronicle - Opinion, July 16, 2010
... of the article hadn't done his homework regarding California's state rock; then I read the text of SB624, and realized the state of California hadn't done its homework either. Both the article and the bill refer to "serpentine" as the state rock. A point of clarification: Serpe ...



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