republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/scr-21.md

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Bill	Relative to Black History Month.	This measure would recognize February 2025 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SCR 21	California SCR 21 (20252026)	concurrent resolution	BlackHistoryMonth	enacted	Smallwood-Cuevas	4	10	3	2025-02-11	2025-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/54a28f9a-b956-4409-98ae-84a149d10bac	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR21	396f9a3d4a6a87f20f47c200eb84eae65cd06138cddfb9f52d04306ef1356d76	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SCR 21 (20252026) — Relative to Black History Month.

This measure would recognize February 2025 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.

1. 02/11/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SCR21 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/21/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SCR21 Smallwood-Cuevas — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• SCR 21 Smallwood-Cuevas Consent Calendar Second Day — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 From committee: Ordered to third reading. committee-passage
• 2025-02-24 Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 271.) Ordered to the Assembly. amendment-passage, passage, reading-1
• 2025-02-24 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
• 2025-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-20 Read. Adopted. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 774.) Ordered to the Senate. amendment-passage, passage, reading-1
• 2025-03-20 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-03-25 Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
• 2025-03-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 28, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54a28f9a-b956-4409-98ae-84a149d10bac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).