republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/acr-197.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Italian American Heritage Month."
description: "This measure would proclaim the month of October 2026 as Italian American Heritage Month, and, among other things, encourage all citizens, schools, public institutions, and community organizations in California to observe Italian American Heritage Month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and educational programs, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "ACR 197"
citation: "California ACR 197 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["ItalianAmericanHeritageMonth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefani"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-05-04"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4d877ac-1084-4628-b2a8-828f3486bb1a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR197"
source_hash: "b1ec4ee8fd828d2418cc848cf24cec0dbe2bfafa9ca331d45a0972dd5cd4ec9e"
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 197 (20252026) — Relative to Italian American Heritage Month.

This measure would proclaim the month of October 2026 as Italian American Heritage Month, and, among other things, encourage all citizens, schools, public institutions, and community organizations in California to observe Italian American Heritage Month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and educational programs, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/04/26 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR197&version=20250ACR19799INT)
2. **06/26/26 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR197&version=20250ACR19797CHP)
3. **ACR197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR197)
4. **06/22/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR197&version=20250ACR19798ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent ACR197 Stefani et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. To third reading. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stefani — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Caloza — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Castillo — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- DeMaio — coauthor (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Hadwick — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Harabedian — coauthor (person)
- Hart — coauthor (person)
- Hoover — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Johnson — coauthor (person)
- Krell — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Macedo — coauthor (person)
- Mark González — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Patel — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Ransom — coauthor (person)
- Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Sanchez — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
- Schultz — coauthor (person)
- Sharp-Collins — coauthor (person)
- Solache — coauthor (person)
- Soria — coauthor (person)
- Ta — coauthor (person)
- Tangipa — coauthor (person)
- Valencia — coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)
- Ávila Farías — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-04** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2026-05-05** From printer.
- **2026-05-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-18** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1`
- **2026-06-01** Coauthors revised.
- **2026-06-01** Adopted and to Senate. (Page 5568.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2026-06-02** In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
- **2026-06-10** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-16** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2026-06-18** Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2026-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-26** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
- **2026-06-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4d877ac-1084-4628-b2a8-828f3486bb1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).