---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Arab American Heritage Month."
description: "This measure would proclaim April 2025 as Arab American Heritage Month and encourage citizens to join in the special observance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 42"
citation: "California SCR 42 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["ArabAmericanHeritageMonth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f29a703a-0174-4126-99f7-51fe91dc8a4e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR42"
source_hash: "b7038ed643672f0c61434ab51802479e09227b933dc06356e9d0e52d6465bb08"
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 42 (20252026) — Relative to Arab American Heritage Month.

This measure would proclaim April 2025 as Arab American Heritage Month and encourage citizens to join in the special observance.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR42&version=20250SCR4299INT)
2. **05/29/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR42&version=20250SCR4297CHP)
3. **SCR42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR42)
4. **05/27/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR42&version=20250SCR4298ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SCR 42 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 775.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-04-21** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1666.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-05-23** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-05-29** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2025-05-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 78, 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/f29a703a-0174-4126-99f7-51fe91dc8a4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).