CA SJR 2

enacted

Relative to classified workers.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SJR 2 pass?

Yes. CA SJR 2 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-10. Latest recorded action (2025-07-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SJR 2 about?

This measure would urge President Donald J. Trump and the Congress of the United States to approve federal legislation guaranteeing specified rights to classified workers that would, among other things, empower those workers to work in a stable, safe environment and receive livable and competitive wages, as provided.

Who sponsors CA SJR 2?

Cortese is the primary sponsor of CA SJR 2, joined by 62 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-03-03
Latest action: 2025-07-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Classifiedworkers'rights

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-03-03
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
introduction,referral-committee
2025-03-12
Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee
2025-03-18
Set for hearing March 26.
2025-03-26
From committee: Be adopted as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 568.) (March 26).
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2025-03-27
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-04-07
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 675.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-04-07
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-05-05
Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
referral-committee
2025-06-25
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25).
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2025-06-25
Coauthors revised.
2025-07-03
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 57. Noes 7. Page 2426.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-07-03
Coauthors revised.
2025-07-07
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-07-10
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
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2025-07-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 141, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions

03/03/25 - Introduced — 2025-03-03Compare
03/27/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-27Compare
07/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-08Compare
07/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-10Compare
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Votes

Be adopted as amended
2025-03-26 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: no
3rd Reading SJR2 Cortese et al.
2025-04-07 · pass · 29-7
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Limón: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Becker: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Grove: no
- Choi: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Jones: no
- Seyarto: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Niello: no
- Strickland: other
- Valladares: other
- Dahle: other
- Reyes: other
Be adopted. To third reading.
2025-06-25 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- McKinnor: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alanis: other
- Lackey: other
SJR 2 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Ortega
2025-07-03 · pass · 57-7
Member-level votes (79)
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Soria: yes
- Hart: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Papan: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Fong: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Krell: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Addis: yes
- Solache: yes
- Haney: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Sanchez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: no
- Hadwick: no
- Patterson: no
- Macedo: no
- Lee: other
- Chen: other
- Alanis: other
- Arambula: other
- Dixon: other
- Flora: other
- Ta: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Gallagher: other
- Hoover: other
- Lackey: other
- Wallis: other
- Castillo: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Davies: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR2

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