---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month."
description: "This measure would proclaim May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 161"
citation: "California SCR 161 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessMonth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber Pierson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-04-15"
last_action: "2026-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f65587af-9c91-4d9c-b936-66a4e6f620d1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR161"
source_hash: "0a61fe42d81b90e984ce26afbc3f134dedd8928e158217436f47e81184c19c18"
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 161 (20252026) — Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

This measure would proclaim May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

## Version chain

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

1. **04/15/26 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR161&version=20250SCR16199INT)
2. **05/21/26 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR161&version=20250SCR16197CHP)
3. **SCR161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR161)
4. **05/15/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR161&version=20250SCR16198ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SCR161 Weber Pierson et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SCR 161 Weber Pierson Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weber Pierson — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
- Ashby — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Hadwick — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Sharp-Collins — coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
- Valladares — coauthor (person)
- Wahab — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)
- Ávila Farías — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-15** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-22** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-30** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4111.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2026-04-30** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2026-05-04** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-11** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-14** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5060.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2026-05-14** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2026-05-21** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2026-05-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 73, Statutes of 2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f65587af-9c91-4d9c-b936-66a4e6f620d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).