CONGRESS: Memorializes Congress to oppose any proposal that shifts the cost of SNAP to the states.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Patrick McMath

Declares May 2025 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month in California; a ceremonial recognition highlighting API contributions, with no fiscal effect.

Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

Summary — SCR 58 (Wahab) — Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month

Status
- Introduced: April 7, 2025 (Senate, author: Sen. Wahab)
- Final action: Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State July 3, 2025; Chaptered as Res. Chapter 117, Statutes of 2025.
- Fiscal committee: No fiscal effect.

Purpose and intent
- Commends the contributions of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Americans to California and the United States, acknowledges historical hardships and discrimination they have faced, and officially recognizes May 2025 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month in California.

Key provisions
- Finds and declares a set of historical and contemporary facts, including:
- Early records of API presence in the U.S. (e.g., Filipino sailors, 1763).
- API contributions such as building the Transcontinental Railroad, military service, labor organizing (Delano Grape Strike), and civil-rights advocacy.
- Historic injustices experienced by API communities (Chinese Exclusion Act, Alien Land Laws, Japanese internment, antimiscegenation laws, etc.).
- Contemporary leadership across fields (business, science, arts, education, medicine, government, etc.).
- Demographic facts: California is home to over 7 million API residents (the most of any state) — about 16% of the state population — and 31.5% of U.S. Asian‑owned businesses are located in California.
- Notes the existence and role of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (est. 2004).
- References federal law that designates May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (36 U.S.C. §102).
- Resolves that the Legislature:
- Commends API Americans for their accomplishments and contributions to California.
- Recognizes May 2025 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to the author for distribution.

Who is affected / impact
- Symbolic/proclamatory: The resolution has no regulatory or funding effect. Its primary impact is ceremonial — encouraging recognition, awareness, and celebration of API history and contributions across state agencies, community organizations, schools, and the public.
- Benefits API communities through formal recognition and may be used to support outreach, events, and educational activities during May 2025.

Procedural notes and caveats
- The materials provided contained multiple, unrelated texts and versions of other SCR 58 resolutions from different jurisdictions (e.g., Hawaii, Delaware) and an unrelated title about SNAP. The authoritative text summarized here corresponds to SCR 58 authored by Sen. Wahab that recognizes May 2025 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month and which was enacted as a chaptered resolution in California (Res. Ch. 117, 2025).