republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/scr-25.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to nuclear fusion."
description: "This measure would proclaim that the State of California celebrates the numerous contributions of public and private sector nuclear fusion organizations within California for advancing fusion energy research and development, applauds recent scientific advances in magnetic fusion energy and inertial confinement at public research facilities in San Diego and Livermore, recognizes the vast potential of fusion energy for addressing key climate and national security goals and the contributions of California's private fusion industry, commends the University of California's Office of the President for its leadership in establishing the Pacific CREST Fusion initiative, and supports developing the fusion energy ecosystem with the goal of siting a first-of-a-kind fusion pilot plant in California by the 2040s."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 25"
citation: "California SCR 25 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["Nuclearfusion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakespear"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398c3fcd-f81c-41a9-9010-1fa39fba8074"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR25"
source_hash: "06af67ca990e1c47df2cddd17e35fb6b42622e150a62ff2129b6ef5933f10397"
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 25 (20252026) — Relative to nuclear fusion.

This measure would proclaim that the State of California celebrates the numerous contributions of public and private sector nuclear fusion organizations within California for advancing fusion energy research and development, applauds recent scientific advances in magnetic fusion energy and inertial confinement at public research facilities in San Diego and Livermore, recognizes the vast potential of fusion energy for addressing key climate and national security goals and the contributions of California's private fusion industry, commends the University of California's Office of the President for its leadership in establishing the Pacific CREST Fusion initiative, and supports developing the fusion energy ecosystem with the goal of siting a first-of-a-kind fusion pilot plant in California by the 2040s.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR25&version=20250SCR2599INT)
2. **03/28/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR25&version=20250SCR2598AMD)
3. **06/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR25&version=20250SCR2597AMD)
4. **09/02/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR25&version=20250SCR2595CHP)
5. **SCR25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR25)
6. **08/27/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR25&version=20250SCR2596ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted as amended — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- SCR 25 Blakespear Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SCR25 Blakespear et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SCR25 Blakespear et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blakespear — primary (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- McNerney — author (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Set for hearing March 24.
- **2025-03-27** From committee: Be adopted as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 512.) (March 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 676.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** From committee: Be adopted as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-03** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2427.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-07-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2253.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2025-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 161, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398c3fcd-f81c-41a9-9010-1fa39fba8074`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).