republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/acr-73.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to State Scientist Day."
description: "This measure would recognize May 3, 2023, as the 32nd Annual State Scientist Day and would declare that this day shall be a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "ACR 73"
citation: "California ACR 73 (20232024)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["State Scientist Day"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bains"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-02"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23767ad9-5f0d-4b9f-bc40-6d607d59f5a6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACR73"
source_hash: "a735fb6480903aa3c45dcb02e71b23fe1f3b7e0b4566ee357c95dd37f16221cf"
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 73 (20232024) — Relative to State Scientist Day.

This measure would recognize May 3, 2023, as the 32nd Annual State Scientist Day and would declare that this day shall be a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACR73&version=20230ACR7399INT)
2. **06/09/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACR73&version=20230ACR7397CHP)
3. **ACR73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACR73)
4. **06/02/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240ACR73&version=20230ACR7398ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- ACR 73 Bains Consent Calendar Second Day — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent ACR73 Bains et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bains — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Essayli — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Hoover — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Joe Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — 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)
- 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)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2023-05-03** From printer.
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-05-11** Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1526.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-15** In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
- **2023-05-24** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-06-01** Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1413.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-09** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
- **2023-06-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 95, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23767ad9-5f0d-4b9f-bc40-6d607d59f5a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).