---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Chiari Malformation Awareness Month."
description: "This measure would declare the month of September 2023 as Chiari Malformation Awareness Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SCR 56"
citation: "California SCR 56 (20232024)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Chiari Malformation Awareness Month"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niello"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-27"
last_action: "2024-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72515807-7b33-43a2-9f36-eb58b77444c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR56"
source_hash: "bef4f4aa3cec242f83e3ce54c23c696c3ba7da61d19cf3ae49e7c2a8a65ac05e"
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 56 (20232024) — Relative to Chiari Malformation Awareness Month.

This measure would declare the month of September 2023 as Chiari Malformation Awareness Month.

## Version chain

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

1. **04/27/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR56&version=20230SCR5699INT)
2. **02/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR56&version=20230SCR5697CHP)
3. **SCR56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR56)
4. **02/23/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR56&version=20230SCR5698ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SCR 56 Niello Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Niello — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2023-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-01** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2242.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2023-09-01** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2023-09-07** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4171.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2024-02-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 6, 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/72515807-7b33-43a2-9f36-eb58b77444c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).