---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to the selection of the Legislative Counsel of California."
description: "This measure designates Cara L. Jenkins as the Legislative Counsel of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SCR 1"
citation: "California SCR 1 (20212022)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Legislative Counsel of California."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-01-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a57a9d12-5eed-4f4f-a577-af62b020e956"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR1"
source_hash: "136965fd1bce4949ef7c30e44d1bccf0a0c1fd6b7fe79b4fe1b6372ba0c148eb"
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 1 (20212022) — Relative to the selection of the Legislative Counsel of California.

This measure designates Cara L. Jenkins as the Legislative Counsel of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR1&version=20210SCR199INT)
2. **01/12/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR1&version=20210SCR197CHP)
3. **SCR1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR1)
4. **12/09/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SCR1&version=20210SCR198ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SCR 1 Umberg Senate Third Reading By REYES — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2020-12-07** Held at desk.
- **2020-12-07** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 10.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2020-12-07** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2020-12-07** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 64.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2020-12-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2020-12-07** (Corrected January 4).
- **2021-01-12** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11 a.m.
- **2021-01-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a57a9d12-5eed-4f4f-a577-af62b020e956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).