republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/scr-137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day."
description: "This measure would declare that the Legislature honors the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and proclaims March 15, 2026, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day, a day of remembrance and education to ensure that all Californians always honor and remember a vibrant guardian of equality for all."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 137"
citation: "California SCR 137 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["JusticeRuthBaderGinsburgDay"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-25"
last_action: "2026-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/607b623f-9df3-46da-bd52-dfbfa57a78b8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR137"
source_hash: "8c803beb92b45729d8218e021a6882762a8e154753acc56b81655f68f8a50b91"
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 137 (20252026) — Relative to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day.

This measure would declare that the Legislature honors the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and proclaims March 15, 2026, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day, a day of remembrance and education to ensure that all Californians always honor and remember a vibrant guardian of equality for all.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/26 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR137&version=20250SCR13799INT)
2. **06/15/26 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR137&version=20250SCR13797CHP)
3. **SCR137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR137)
4. **06/10/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR137&version=20250SCR13798ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. To third reading. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Ahrens — coauthor (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — 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)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- DeMaio — coauthor (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Harabedian — coauthor (person)
- Hart — coauthor (person)
- Hoover — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Krell — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Mark González — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Patel — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — 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)
- 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.

- **2026-02-25** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3559.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2026-03-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** Coauthors revised.
- **2026-06-08** Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2026-06-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2026-06-15** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11 a.m.
- **2026-06-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 97, 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/607b623f-9df3-46da-bd52-dfbfa57a78b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).