republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/scr-66.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative to Law Day."
description: "This measure would, among other things, declare that using executive orders to silence opposition and chill legal advocacy is an unlawful attack on the right of Americans to seek counsel and would designate May 1 as Law Day to not only commemorate the importance that law plays in California but to stand in solidarity with the legal community."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SCR 66"
citation: "California SCR 66 (20252026)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["LawDay"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-24"
last_action: "2025-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/222fdbff-ec02-4ae1-a7d1-e88521509aa4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR66"
source_hash: "4a1f339d0aa4163dc138a1d4f51053c4a251e3a3f307b54d02e4435fe0554910"
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 66 (20252026) — Relative to Law Day.

This measure would, among other things, declare that using executive orders to silence opposition and chill legal advocacy is an unlawful attack on the right of Americans to seek counsel and would designate May 1 as Law Day to not only commemorate the importance that law plays in California but to stand in solidarity with the legal community.

## Version chain

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

1. **04/24/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR66&version=20250SCR6699INT)
2. **07/18/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR66&version=20250SCR6697CHP)
3. **SCR66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR66)
4. **07/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCR66&version=20250SCR6698ENR)

## Votes

- Be adopted. To third reading. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- Be adopted. Ordered to third reading — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Ahrens — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bains — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Caloza — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Celeste Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — 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)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Krell — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Mark González — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Patel — 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)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
- Sharp-Collins — coauthor (person)
- Solache — coauthor (person)
- Soria — coauthor (person)
- Stefani — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Valencia — coauthor (person)
- Wahab — author (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.

- **2025-04-24** Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 6 in JUD. pending receipt.
- **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Read. Adopted. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1268.) Ordered to the Assembly. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-06-17** From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-14** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-07-14** Read. Adopted. (Page 2536.) Ordered to the Senate. `amendment-passage, passage, reading-1`
- **2025-07-15** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m.
- **2025-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 150, 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/222fdbff-ec02-4ae1-a7d1-e88521509aa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).