This measure would recognize February 2024 as Black History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents of African Americans and the achievements and contributions they make to their communities to create equity and equality for education, economics, and social justice. The measure would also recognize the significance in protecting citizens' right to vote and remedying racial discrimination in voting.
California ACR 136 (20232024) — Relative to Black History Month.
This measure would recognize February 2024 as Black History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents of African Americans and the achievements and contributions they make to their communities to create equity and equality for education, economics, and social justice. The measure would also recognize the significance in protecting citizens' right to vote and remedying racial discrimination in voting.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent ACR136 Holden et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Be adopted. To third reading. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Holden — primary (person)
Addis — coauthor (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Alanis — coauthor (person)
Alvarez — coauthor (person)
Arambula — coauthor (person)
Bains — coauthor (person)
Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
Bennett — coauthor (person)
Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
Boerner — coauthor (person)
Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
Calderon — coauthor (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Connolly — coauthor (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Dixon — coauthor (person)
Essayli — coauthor (person)
Flora — coauthor (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Gabriel — coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Garcia — coauthor (person)
Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
Grayson — coauthor (person)
Haney — coauthor (person)
Hart — coauthor (person)
Hoover — coauthor (person)
Irwin — coauthor (person)
Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
Jim Patterson — coauthor (person)
Joe Patterson — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — principal coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Low — coauthor (person)
Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
McCarty — principal coauthor (person)
McKinnor — principal coauthor (person)
Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Pacheco — coauthor (person)
Papan — coauthor (person)
Pellerin — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Ramos — coauthor (person)
Rendon — coauthor (person)
Reyes — coauthor (person)
Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Sanchez — coauthor (person)
Santiago — coauthor (person)
Schiavo — coauthor (person)
Smallwood-Cuevas — principal coauthor (person)
Soria — coauthor (person)
Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Valencia — coauthor (person)
Villapudua — coauthor (person)
Vince Fong — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Wallis — coauthor (person)
Ward — coauthor (person)
Weber — principal coauthor (person)
Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Wilson — principal coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Zbur — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-31 Introduced. To print. introduction
2024-02-01 From printer.
2024-02-05 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2024-02-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. Amended. amendment-introduction
2024-02-13 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2024-02-20 From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1
2024-02-26 Coauthors revised.
2024-02-26 Adopted and to Senate. (Page 4189.) amendment-passage, passage
2024-02-27 In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2024-03-06 From committee: Ordered to third reading. committee-passage
2024-03-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-03-14 Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3298.) amendment-passage, passage
2024-03-14 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-03-21 Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 4 p.m.
2024-03-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 28, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76850047-6ad0-4ce8-ac36-5f4483f2b7d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).