Bill Commons

CA SCR 40

enacted

Relative to Women in Law.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SCR 40 pass?

Yes. CA SCR 40 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 48, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SCR 40 about?

This measure would proclaim April 2025 as Women in Law Month to honor the contributions of women to the legal profession and to promote continued efforts toward gender equality in the field of law and would encourage law firms, legal organizations, and educational institutions throughout California to commemorate Women in Law Month, as provided.

Who sponsors CA SCR 40?

Blakespear is the primary sponsor of CA SCR 40, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Description

This measure would proclaim April 2025 as Women in Law Month to honor the contributions of women to the legal profession and to promote continued efforts toward gender equality in the field of law and would encourage law firms, legal organizations, and educational institutions throughout California to commemorate Women in Law Month, as provided.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-04-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 48, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
concurrent resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Blakespearauthor
  • Caballeroprincipal coauthor
  • Allencoauthor
  • Archuletacoauthor
  • Ashbycoauthor
  • Cervantescoauthor
  • Cortesecoauthor
  • Durazocoauthor
  • Padillacoauthor
  • Reyescoauthor
  • Sterncoauthor
  • Umbergcoauthor
  • Bontacoauthor
  • Haneycoauthor
  • Harabediancoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor
  • Pachecocoauthor
  • Papancoauthor
  • Stefanicoauthor
  • Zburcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-29

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 48, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-29

    Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-04-24

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    committee-passage

  4. 2025-04-24

    Read. Adopted. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1282.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. 2025-04-21

    From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,passage

  6. 2025-04-07

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-04-03

    In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  8. 2025-04-03

    Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 641.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    amendment-passage,passage,reading-1

  9. 2025-04-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  10. 2025-04-01

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2025-04-01

    Ordered to second reading.

    reading-1,reading-2

  12. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-03-17

    Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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Versions

  • 03/17/25 - Introduced — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 04/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-01Compare
  • 04/25/25 - Enrolled — 2025-04-25Compare
  • 04/29/25 - Chaptered — 2025-04-29Compare
  • SCR40Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading SCR40 Blakespear et al.

    2025-04-03 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Reyes: other
  • Be adopted. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-21 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Lackey: other
  • SCR 40 Blakespear Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-04-24 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ellis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gallagher: other
    • Chen: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Harabedian: other

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