---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Suicide Prevention Week."
description: "This measure would proclaim the week of September 4, 2023, through September 10, 2023, as Suicide Prevention Week in California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SCR 61"
citation: "California SCR 61 (20232024)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Suicide Prevention Week"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-02"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5a81c6f-a60f-47f3-9802-8b98262dfd94"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR61"
source_hash: "f2417febfee85a3bf93ae2058c5f60c838b5fa37b8da29e191b30c7e0ffa456d"
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 61 (20232024) — Relative to Suicide Prevention Week.

This measure would proclaim the week of September 4, 2023, through September 10, 2023, as Suicide Prevention Week in California.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR61&version=20230SCR6199INT)
2. **03/12/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR61&version=20230SCR6197CHP)
3. **SCR61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR61)
4. **03/08/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR61&version=20230SCR6198ENR)

## Votes

- SCR 61 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SCR61 Seyarto et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Seyarto — primary (person)
- Pellerin — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-15** Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Seyarto.
- **2023-08-17** From inactive file on motion of Senator Seyarto.
- **2023-08-17** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2472.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2023-09-07** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4298.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-03-12** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 23, 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/a5a81c6f-a60f-47f3-9802-8b98262dfd94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).