FINAL BILL REPORT

                 SHB 1088

                         C 129 L 98

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Designating Mammuthus primigenius as the official fossil of the state of Washington.

Sponsors:  By House Committee on Government Administration (originally sponsored by  Representatives Sheahan and Schoesler).

House Committee on Government Administration

Senate Committee on Government Operations

Background:  Washington has designated several official ceremonial symbols over the years.  These include:  the state fish, steelhead trout; the state gem, petrified wood; and the state folk song, "Roll On Columbia, Roll On."  Washington does not have an official state fossil.  Other states have designated state fossils, including the saber-toothed cat in California and the Hagerman Horse Fossil in Idaho.

Summary:  The Columbian  mammoth (Mammuthus COLUMBI) is designated as the official fossil of the state of Washington.

Votes on Final Passage:

House890

Senate340

Effective:June 11, 1998