---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to state scientists."
description: "This measure would recognize and pay tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SCR 89"
citation: "California SCR 89 (20212022)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["State scientists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-23"
last_action: "2022-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da086ba-e9dc-403b-932f-7d8e56fdb250"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR89"
source_hash: "91406da2a5c6ce74dac83bc24b8e92f50ed449171161492e28a8169890b3ac73"
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 SCR 89 (20212022) — Relative to state scientists.

This measure would recognize and pay tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/23/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR89&version=20210SCR8999INT)
2. **08/01/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR89&version=20210SCR8997CHP)
3. **SCR89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR89)
4. **07/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR89&version=20210SCR8998ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SCR 89 Newman Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Akilah Weber — coauthor (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Bigelow — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Choi — coauthor (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Gray — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Kiley — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Seyarto — coauthor (person)
- Smith — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Valladares — coauthor (person)
- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-23** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-31** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4014.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-06-23** Read. Adopted. (Page 5517.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-01** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 12 p.m.
- **2022-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 106, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5da086ba-e9dc-403b-932f-7d8e56fdb250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).