CA AJR 12

enacted

Relative to the Head Start program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AJR 12 pass?

Yes. CA AJR 12 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-10. Latest recorded action (2025-09-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 177, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AJR 12 about?

This measure would recognize May 2025 as Head Start Month and call on the Congress and the President of the United States to protect and increase funding for Head Start.

Who sponsors CA AJR 12?

Ahrens is the primary sponsor of CA AJR 12, joined by 73 cosponsors.

Description

This measure would recognize May 2025 as Head Start Month and call on the Congress and the President of the United States to protect and increase funding for Head Start.

Introduced: 2025-05-14
Latest action: 2025-09-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 177, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

HeadStartprogram

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-05-14
Introduced. To print.
introduction
2025-05-15
From printer.
2025-06-16
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
referral-committee
2025-07-02
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).
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2025-07-10
Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2505.)
amendment-passage,passage
2025-07-10
Coauthors revised.
2025-07-14
In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2025-08-20
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
referral-committee
2025-08-28
From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 27).
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2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-09-03
Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2469.)
amendment-passage,passage
2025-09-03
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2025-09-10
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
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2025-09-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 177, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

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09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
09/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-09-10Compare
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Votes

Be adopted. To third reading.
2025-07-01 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Castillo: yes
AJR 12 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading By HADWICK
2025-07-10 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Tangipa: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Solache: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Addis: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Patel: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Davies: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Haney: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Krell: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Hart: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ta: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Chen: yes
- Berman: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: other
- Alanis: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Carrillo: other
- Rivas: other
Be adopted and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2025-08-27 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Arreguín: yes
- Limón: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Becker: other
Consent Calendar 2nd AJR12 Ahrens et al.
2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Niello: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AJR12

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