---
type: "Bill"
title: "World AIDS Day."
description: "Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days as holidays and days of remembrance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1278"
citation: "California SB 1278 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["World AIDS Day"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1018d379-4af6-480a-ad31-efeb34a2fa36"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1278"
source_hash: "03af566366142205174d8d74d0cc3e01181995340c1378e14f9fa418e5241d52"
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 SB 1278 (20232024) — World AIDS Day.

Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days as holidays and days of remembrance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1278&version=20230SB127899INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1278&version=20230SB127898AMD)
3. **06/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1278&version=20230SB127896CHP)
4. **SB1278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1278)
5. **06/14/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1278&version=20230SB127897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1278 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3722.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3893.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-06** (Corrected June 6.)
- **2024-06-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5860.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2024-06-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 30, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1018d379-4af6-480a-ad31-efeb34a2fa36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).