CA SJR 4

enacted

Research and education: federal funding cuts: the National Institutes of Health and postsecondary educational institutions.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SJR 4 pass?

Yes. CA SJR 4 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-09. Latest recorded action (2025-09-09): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 173, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SJR 4 about?

This measure would urge the administration of President Donald J. Trump and the Congress of the United States to rescind the National Institutes of Health funding cuts. This measure also affirms the Legislature's commitment to postsecondary educational institutions.

Who sponsors CA SJR 4?

Laird is the primary sponsor of CA SJR 4, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-04-10
Latest action: 2025-09-09 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 173, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-04-10
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-23
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-04-25
Set for hearing April 30.
2025-04-30
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 962.) (April 30).
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2025-05-15
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 1089.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-15
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-06-23
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2025-07-09
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 8).
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2025-09-03
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 61. Noes 9. Page 2862.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-04
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-09
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11:30 a.m.
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2025-09-09
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 173, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

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

Be adopted. Ordered to third reading
2025-04-30 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Cortese: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Choi: other
3rd Reading SJR4 Laird et al.
2025-05-15 · pass · 26-6
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Choi: no
- Jones: no
- Niello: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Strickland: no
- Padilla: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Grove: other
- Rubio: other
- Cervantes: other
- Dahle: other
- Valladares: other
- Reyes: other
Be adopted. To third reading.
2025-07-08 · pass · 7-2
Member-level votes (10)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
SJR 4 Laird Senate Third Reading By Fong
2025-09-03 · pass · 61-9
Member-level votes (79)
- Zbur: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Haney: yes
- Berman: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Soria: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bains: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Patel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hadwick: no
- Sanchez: no
- Dixon: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Tangipa: no
- Patterson: no
- Gallagher: no
- Ellis: no
- Ta: other
- Hoover: other
- Davies: other
- Flora: other
- Castillo: other
- Lackey: other
- Alanis: other
- Chen: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR4

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