republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sjr-4.md

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Bill	Research and education: federal funding cuts: the National Institutes of Health and postsecondary educational institutions.	This measure would urge the administration of President Donald J. Trump and the Congress of the United States to rescind the National Institutes of Health funding cuts. This measure also affirms the Legislature's commitment to postsecondary educational institutions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SJR 4	California SJR 4 (20252026)	joint resolution	Researchandeducation federalfundingcuts theNationalInstitutesofHealthandpostsecondaryeducationalinstitutions	enacted	Laird	4	12	4	2025-04-10	2025-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8f1b4eb8-19c1-4b22-b11c-062e132da28d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR4	be97cb749258e44f8b03d1fd8d28f5cbec3a5edf97c5281127482f850aa2daff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SJR 4 (20252026) — Research and education: federal funding cuts: the National Institutes of Health and postsecondary educational institutions.

This measure would urge the administration of President Donald J. Trump and the Congress of the United States to rescind the National Institutes of Health funding cuts. This measure also affirms the Legislature's commitment to postsecondary educational institutions.

Version chain

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

1. 04/10/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/09/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SJR4 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/05/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SJR4 Laird et al. — 26–6 (pass) · upper
• Be adopted. To third reading. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• SJR 4 Laird Senate Third Reading By Fong — 61–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)
• Cabaldon — author (person)
• Limón — author (person)
• Pérez — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-10 Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2025-04-25 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 962.) (April 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read. Adopted. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 1089.) Ordered to the Assembly. amendment-passage, passage, reading-1
• 2025-05-15 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
• 2025-06-23 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-03 Read. Adopted. (Ayes 61. Noes 9. Page 2862.) Ordered to the Senate. amendment-passage, passage, reading-1
• 2025-09-04 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-09-09 Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11:30 a.m.
• 2025-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 173, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f1b4eb8-19c1-4b22-b11c-062e132da28d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).