---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to the selection of the Legislative Counsel of California."
description: "This measure designates Cara L. Jenkins as the Legislative Counsel of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SCR 2"
citation: "California SCR 2 (20232024)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Legislative Counsel of California"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 8
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-01-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33e1037d-ad97-4a39-9d79-d68105eee245"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR2"
source_hash: "f2b58a49c013f1330d29894ed5f337d008b36d5a117c552071838e3b08717ccd"
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 2 (20232024) — Relative to the selection of the Legislative Counsel of California.

This measure designates Cara L. Jenkins as the Legislative Counsel of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR2&version=20230SCR299INT)
2. **01/03/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR2&version=20230SCR297CHP)
3. **SCR2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR2)
4. **12/07/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR2&version=20230SCR298ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2022-12-05** Held at desk.
- **2022-12-05** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 10.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-12-05** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2022-12-05** Read. Adopted. (Page 68.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2022-12-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-01-03** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2023-01-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33e1037d-ad97-4a39-9d79-d68105eee245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).