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type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Black History Month."
description: "This measure would recognize February 2026 as the centennial anniversary of Black History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents of African Americans and the achievements and contributions they make to their communities to create equity and equality for education, economics, and social justice. The measure would recognize the significance in protecting the fundamental human rights enshrined in the United States Constitution and its Amendments, the United States Bill of Rights, and the California Constitution, as specified. The measure would also affirm the commitment of the Legislature that all people are equal and shall be treated with respect and dignity and shall enjoy the equal application of the law for which the Legislature has been entrusted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 122"
citation: "California SCR 122 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["BlackHistoryMonth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber Pierson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a329a940-3bac-4afe-9d92-793afdf3f99a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR122"
source_hash: "17dffbec7fcc30280f596109b47c94ecd5e932e934381becb09620fb1e73e812"
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 SCR 122 (20252026) — Relative to Black History Month.
This measure would recognize February 2026 as the centennial anniversary of Black History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, and encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents of African Americans and the achievements and contributions they make to their communities to create equity and equality for education, economics, and social justice. The measure would recognize the significance in protecting the fundamental human rights enshrined in the United States Constitution and its Amendments, the United States Bill of Rights, and the California Constitution, as specified. The measure would also affirm the commitment of the Legislature that all people are equal and shall be treated with respect and dignity and shall enjoy the equal application of the law for which the Legislature has been entrusted.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/11/26 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR122&version=20250SCR12299INT)
2. **03/10/26 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR122&version=20250SCR12297CHP)
3. **SCR122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR122)
4. **03/06/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR122&version=20250SCR12298ENR)
## Votes
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
- SCR 122 Weber Pierson Consent Calendar Second Day — **720** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SCR122 Weber Pierson et al. — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Weber Pierson — primary (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — principal coauthor (person)
- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — principal coauthor (person)
- Ransom — principal coauthor (person)
- Richardson — author (person)
- Sharp-Collins — principal coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — author (person)
- Wilson — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-11** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3472.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4165.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 14, 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/a329a940-3bac-4afe-9d92-793afdf3f99a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).