---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to a sister state relationship with the Philippine Province of Bulacan."
description: "This measure would extend to the people of the Philippine Province of Bulacan an invitation to join with California in a sister state relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SCR 57"
citation: "California SCR 57 (20232024)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Sister state relationship with the Philippine Province of Bulacan"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-27"
last_action: "2023-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8db31577-1398-4dbe-87fe-0d0f850b03da"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR57"
source_hash: "a918b61a47e2648fea0fe84190810c055282c7766e69aecc22033c857f0d11c2"
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 57 (20232024) — Relative to a sister state relationship with the Philippine Province of Bulacan.

This measure would extend to the people of the Philippine Province of Bulacan an invitation to join with California in a sister state relationship.

## 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=202320240SCR57&version=20230SCR5799INT)
2. **08/23/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR57&version=20230SCR5797CHP)
3. **SCR57** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR57)
4. **08/17/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR57&version=20230SCR5798ENR)

## Votes

- SCR 57 Portantino Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SCR57 Portantino et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Low — coauthor (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`
- **2023-05-15** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1080.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-14** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2688.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2023-08-15** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-08-23** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2023-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 138, 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/8db31577-1398-4dbe-87fe-0d0f850b03da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).