This measure would recognize February 2023 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 15 (20232024) — Relative to Black History Month.
This measure would recognize February 2023 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.
Be adopted. To third reading. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wilson — 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)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
Calderon — coauthor (person)
Cervantes — 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)
Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
Grayson — coauthor (person)
Haney — coauthor (person)
Hart — coauthor (person)
Holden — principal coauthor (person)
Irwin — coauthor (person)
Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
Jim Patterson — coauthor (person)
Joe Patterson — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — principal coauthor (person)
Juan Carrillo — 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)
Megan Dahle — 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)
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)
Ta — 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)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Zbur — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-14 Introduced. To print. introduction
2023-02-15 From printer.
2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-02-23 From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (February 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1
2023-02-27 Coauthors revised.
2023-02-27 Adopted and to Senate. (Page 471.) amendment-passage, passage
2023-02-28 In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2023-03-08 From committee: Ordered to third reading. committee-passage
2023-03-14 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-03-16 Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 361.) amendment-passage, passage
2023-03-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-03-27 Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
2023-03-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 19, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b6aca69-4f07-4337-8c1b-44fefaedf7d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).