---
type: "Bill"
title: "State holidays: Native American Day."
description: "Existing law recognizes various state holidays. Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim annually the 4th Friday in September to be Native American Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1973"
citation: "California AB 1973 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State holidays: Native American Day."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef2cc0f-1aa7-4046-ab4c-fe3ec725b6eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1973"
source_hash: "90d1cad23e3f85cfa5d7cf57e3a77bb1cca7ea5f000be9030fa5bf871c46639c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1973 (20132014) — State holidays: Native American Day.

Existing law recognizes various state holidays. Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim annually the 4th Friday in September to be Native American Day.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1973&version=20130AB197399INT)
2. **03/20/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1973&version=20130AB197398AMD)
3. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1973&version=20130AB197397AMD)
4. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1973&version=20130AB197395CHP)
5. **AB1973** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1973)
6. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1973&version=20130AB197396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1973 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1973 Roger Hernández By Anderson — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)
- Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
- Campos — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5258.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4617.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ef2cc0f-1aa7-4046-ab4c-fe3ec725b6eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).