---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
description: "This measure would honor the late civil rights pioneer Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 8"
citation: "California SCR 8 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["DrMartinLutherKing", "JrDay"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber Pierson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-19"
last_action: "2025-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/591a3741-a3e4-4cf2-8caf-bd6a17568f30"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR8"
source_hash: "ef78fdef804fbeb192e2015ddc95353482ced9d92907ea0643c4b921cbf1d880"
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 8 (20252026) — Relative to Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This measure would honor the late civil rights pioneer Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/19/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR8&version=20250SCR899INT)
2. **02/21/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR8&version=20250SCR897CHP)
3. **SCR8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR8)
4. **02/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR8&version=20250SCR898ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SCR8 Weber Pierson et al. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weber Pierson — primary (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — principal coauthor (person)
- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — principal coauthor (person)
- Ransom — principal coauthor (person)
- Richardson — author (person)
- Sharp-Collins — principal coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — author (person)
- Wilson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-19** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-12-19** (Corrected January 2.)
- **2025-01-09** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 67.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2025-01-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (February 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Read. Adopted. (Page 356.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-02-14** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-02-21** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2025-02-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 9, 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/591a3741-a3e4-4cf2-8caf-bd6a17568f30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).