republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/acr-198.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month."
description: "This measure would proclaim May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "ACR 198"
citation: "California ACR 198 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessMonth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-05-05"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151ecf98-9669-4b06-b95b-bd34dbd2134c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR198"
source_hash: "4e86710d358e95dfd0b9a8e6d933bcb7cb2917066e9ca1438022ba9d2fb56279"
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 198 (20252026) — Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

This measure would proclaim May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/05/26 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR198&version=20250ACR19899INT)
2. **06/18/26 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR198&version=20250ACR19897CHP)
3. **ACR198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR198)
4. **06/15/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACR198&version=20250ACR19898ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent ACR198 Patel et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- ACR 198 Patel Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patel — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Ahrens — coauthor (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Bains — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Caloza — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Castillo — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
- Ellis — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — 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)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Johnson — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Krell — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Macedo — coauthor (person)
- Mark González — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — 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)
- Stefani — coauthor (person)
- Ta — coauthor (person)
- Tangipa — coauthor (person)
- Valencia — coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)
- Ward — 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.

- **2026-05-05** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2026-05-06** From printer.
- **2026-05-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-11** From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-14** Coauthors revised.
- **2026-05-14** Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5059.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2026-05-18** In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
- **2026-05-27** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2026-06-11** Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2026-06-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-18** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
- **2026-06-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 125, 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/151ecf98-9669-4b06-b95b-bd34dbd2134c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).