ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE: Requests the division of administration, the Patient's Compensation Fund, and the Patient's Compensation Fund Oversight Board to consider implementation of an e-filing system for medical review panel requests and an e-payment system for filing fees. (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Franklin Foil

Designates April 6-12, 2025 as California Crime Victims' Rights Week to raise awareness and honor victims; a nonbinding resolution with no funds.

Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025.

Summary — SCR 36 (Seyarto) — Crime Victims’ Rights Week

Type: Concurrent Resolution
Status: Enacted/Chaptered (Res. Chapter 45, Statutes of 2025); transmitted to Secretary of State
Introduced: March 10, 2025
Primary author: Senator Seyarto

Note: the metadata provided included an unrelated administrative e‑filing title; the actual text of SCR 36 (as adopted) is a concurrent resolution recognizing Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

Main purpose and intent

SCR 36 formally recognizes the week of April 6–12, 2025, as Crime Victims’ Rights Week in California. The resolution raises awareness of victims’ issues, highlights services available to victims and witnesses, and endorses the 2025 theme “Kinship,” which emphasizes community support and connection for survivors.

Key provisions

Declares April 6–12, 2025, inclusive, as Crime Victims’ Rights Week in California.

Recites legislative findings and policy context, including:

Trends showing increases in violent crime (stated as up 15.4% compared to 2019).
The importance of prevention, victim compensation, and effective coordination of victim services.
Historical context about California’s role in the victims’ rights movement (e.g., early battered women’s shelters, first crime victim compensation program, and constitutional measures such as Proposition 8 and Marsy’s Law/Proposition 9).
The 2025 week theme “Kinship,” described as a call-to-action to center shared humanity in supporting victims and survivors.

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to the author for distribution.

Who is affected / impact

Primarily symbolic and awareness‑raising: the resolution has no binding legal effect and makes no changes to statutes, funding, programs, or administration.

Intended audience and beneficiaries: crime victims and survivors, victim service providers, criminal justice practitioners, community organizations, and the general public (through heightened awareness and encouragement of support).

Fiscal impact: None indicated (Fiscal Committee: NO).

Procedural and timeline notes

Introduced March 10, 2025; passed both houses (Senate and Assembly) with unanimous or near‑unanimous votes reported in the legislative history.

Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State and chaptered as a 2025 resolution (Res. Chapter 45).

As a concurrent resolution it expresses the Legislature’s position and recognition rather than creating enforceable law or allocating funds.

Bottom line

SCR 36 is a non‑binding legislative resolution that designates April 6–12, 2025, as Crime Victims’ Rights Week in California, promoting awareness of victims’ needs, the theme “Kinship,” and recognition of the state’s history and ongoing responsibilities regarding victim services and rights.