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type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Women in Law."
description: "This measure would proclaim April 2025 as Women in Law Month to honor the contributions of women to the legal profession and to promote continued efforts toward gender equality in the field of law and would encourage law firms, legal organizations, and educational institutions throughout California to commemorate Women in Law Month, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 40"
citation: "California SCR 40 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["WomeninLawMonth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakespear"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-17"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7845ef8f-292c-493b-ab7d-057ed81cbd02"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR40"
source_hash: "07807fa191ebfe3cb96457009385a90e6d8230298dc8b5c2ad7228d825b6fd36"
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 40 (20252026) — Relative to Women in Law.
This measure would proclaim April 2025 as Women in Law Month to honor the contributions of women to the legal profession and to promote continued efforts toward gender equality in the field of law and would encourage law firms, legal organizations, and educational institutions throughout California to commemorate Women in Law Month, as provided.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **03/17/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR40&version=20250SCR4099INT)
2. **04/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR40&version=20250SCR4098AMD)
3. **04/29/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR40&version=20250SCR4096CHP)
4. **SCR40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR40)
5. **04/25/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR40&version=20250SCR4097ENR)
## Votes
- Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. — **100** (pass) · lower
- SCR 40 Blakespear Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SCR40 Blakespear et al. — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blakespear — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Ashby — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — principal coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Cortese — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Harabedian — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Stefani — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-17** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Ordered to third reading. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Ordered to second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 641.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1282.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-04-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
- **2025-04-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 48, 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/7845ef8f-292c-493b-ab7d-057ed81cbd02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).