---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to California Poetry Out Loud."
description: "This measure would celebrate March 17, 2025, as the 20th anniversary of California Poetry Out Loud."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 31"
citation: "California SCR 31 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["CaliforniaPoetryOutLoud"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61b60230-5b96-4917-ba71-1ef36bcc6043"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR31"
source_hash: "aba8ecb7d620137d27d4551e0a466313c0bf5069685da2349947b3e89090eb21"
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 31 (20252026) — Relative to California Poetry Out Loud.

This measure would celebrate March 17, 2025, as the 20th anniversary of California Poetry Out Loud.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR31&version=20250SCR3199INT)
2. **04/29/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR31&version=20250SCR3197CHP)
3. **SCR31** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR31)
4. **04/25/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR31&version=20250SCR3198ENR)

## Votes

- SCR 31 Allen Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 377.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1281.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-04-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2025-04-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 42, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61b60230-5b96-4917-ba71-1ef36bcc6043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).