CA SCR 21

enacted

Relative to Black History Month.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SCR 21 pass?

Yes. CA SCR 21 has been enacted into law as of 2025-03-25. Latest recorded action (2025-03-25): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 28, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SCR 21 about?

This measure would recognize February 2025 as Black History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents of African Americans and the achievements and contributions they make to their communities to create equity and equality for education, economics, and social justice. The measure would also recognize the significance in protecting citizens' right to vote and remedying racial discrimination in voting.

Who sponsors CA SCR 21?

Smallwood-Cuevas is the primary sponsor of CA SCR 21, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-02-11
Latest action: 2025-03-25 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 28, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: concurrent resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

BlackHistoryMonth

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-11
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-02-19
From committee: Ordered to third reading.
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2025-02-24
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 271.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-02-24
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-17
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 17).
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2025-03-20
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 774.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-03-20
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-03-25
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
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2025-03-25
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 28, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions

02/11/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-11Compare
03/21/25 - Enrolled — 2025-03-21Compare
03/25/25 - Chaptered — 2025-03-25Compare
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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading SCR21 Smallwood-Cuevas
2025-02-24 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (39)
- McGuire: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Becker: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Allen: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Reyes: other
- Hurtado: other
Be adopted. To Consent Calendar.
2025-03-17 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Flora: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Sanchez: other
SCR 21 Smallwood-Cuevas Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-03-20 · pass · 66-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Gipson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Haney: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Solache: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Addis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bains: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Lackey: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Flora: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Hart: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Berman: yes
- Soria: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Calderon: other
- Hadwick: other
- Ahrens: other
- DeMaio: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Castillo: other
- Macedo: other
- Papan: other
- Wallis: other
- Essayli: other
- Gallagher: other
- Davies: other
- Alvarez: other
- Krell: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR21

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