---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to the Republic of Latvia."
description: "This measure would express the Legislature's support for the Governor to execute a cooperation agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the State of California that will promote mutual international trade and commerce."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SCR 22"
citation: "California SCR 22 (20232024)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["The Republic of Latvia"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fe72d11-693b-43e3-88ff-cce1b32bae35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR22"
source_hash: "f249bef9ecc22bbcea527093cc56829e65bad50aac9e9bec3fcffcf2381ab2ad"
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 22 (20232024) — Relative to the Republic of Latvia.

This measure would express the Legislature's support for the Governor to execute a cooperation agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the State of California that will promote mutual international trade and commerce.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR22&version=20230SCR2299INT)
2. **03/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR22&version=20230SCR2298AMD)
3. **04/21/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR22&version=20230SCR2296CHP)
4. **SCR22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR22)
5. **04/17/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SCR22&version=20230SCR2297ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- SCR 22 Newman Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 265.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** From committee: Be adopted as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 936.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2023-03-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-04-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-04-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 701.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
- **2023-04-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 31, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fe72d11-693b-43e3-88ff-cce1b32bae35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).