republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/acr-109.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extreme heat: state response."
description: "This measure would declare the California Legislature's recognition of extreme heat as a serious and urgent threat and would call on the state's agencies and departments to invest resources in increasing resilience to extreme heat, with priority given to communities that are most at risk and vulnerable, and to develop strategies to mitigate urban heat island effects, enhance building resilience, and evaluate the effectiveness of measures to improve protection in the face of continually rising temperatures, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "ACR 109"
citation: "California ACR 109 (20212022)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Extreme heat: state response."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-08-30"
last_action: "2022-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89fd988a-2293-47af-b557-3a35f8665101"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR109"
source_hash: "793737ab746c70472635d1d486e2073bf09a1d48e277f53da21380a7cd6a27a2"
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 ACR 109 (20212022) — Extreme heat: state response.

This measure would declare the California Legislature's recognition of extreme heat as a serious and urgent threat and would call on the state's agencies and departments to invest resources in increasing resilience to extreme heat, with priority given to communities that are most at risk and vulnerable, and to develop strategies to mitigate urban heat island effects, enhance building resilience, and evaluate the effectiveness of measures to improve protection in the face of continually rising temperatures, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **08/30/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR109&version=20210ACR10999INT)
2. **01/03/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR109&version=20210ACR10998AMD)
3. **01/12/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR109&version=20210ACR10997AMD)
4. **06/02/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR109&version=20210ACR10996AMD)
5. **07/12/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR109&version=20210ACR10994CHP)
6. **ACR109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR109)
7. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220ACR109&version=20210ACR10995ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar ACR109 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- ACR 109 Eduardo Garcia Consent Calendar Second Day — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- ACR 109 Eduardo Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-30** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-08-31** From printer.
- **2021-09-02** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Assembly Rule 47.1 invoked. (Eduardo Garcia).
- **2022-01-11** From committee: Amend, and be adopted as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-01-12** Amended.
- **2022-01-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2022-01-14** Ordered to Consent Calendar.
- **2022-01-20** Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3345.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2022-01-20** In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Amend, and be adopted as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-09** Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4131.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2022-06-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-12** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 101, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89fd988a-2293-47af-b557-3a35f8665101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).