---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Nowroz."
description: "This measure would celebrate March 21, 2024, as the beginning of the Persian New Year and extend best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous Nowroz to all Californians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SCR 126"
citation: "California SCR 126 (20232024)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Nowroz"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wahab"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-11"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f728c29-6fe9-45ae-b8eb-64b2070fdd1d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR126"
source_hash: "7b8be99f889a999bfccca02e499fb215331d4f16c18192905ca9f0ef830d6e7b"
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 126 (20232024) — Relative to Nowroz.

This measure would celebrate March 21, 2024, as the beginning of the Persian New Year and extend best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous Nowroz to all Californians.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/11/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR126&version=20230SCR12699INT)
2. **05/31/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR126&version=20230SCR12697CHP)
3. **SCR126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR126)
4. **05/24/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR126&version=20230SCR12698ENR)

## Votes

- SCR 126 Wahab Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SCR126 Wahab et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wahab — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-11** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3389.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2024-03-21** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2024-04-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5570.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2024-05-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 78, 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/7f728c29-6fe9-45ae-b8eb-64b2070fdd1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).