Summary — SCR 35 (Concurrent Resolution)
Note on conflicting materials
- The top-line Bill Information you provided describes a measure directing the legislative auditor to audit the Department of State on election-integrity policies. However, the legislative text and legislative counsel’s digest in the provided documents identify SCR 35 (Grayson) as a concurrent resolution proclaiming March 2025 as California Down Syndrome Awareness Month and March 21, 2025 as California Down Syndrome Awareness Day. The summary below describes the resolution text contained in the documents. If you intended a different SCR 35 (the legislative-auditor audit), please supply the correct text or confirm the bill number so I can prepare a separate summary.
Summary of the documented SCR 35 (Grayson) — California Down Syndrome Awareness Month/Day
Purpose and intent
- Proclaims March 2025 as California Down Syndrome Awareness Month and March 21, 2025 as California Down Syndrome Awareness Day.
- Encourages Californians to support and participate in awareness activities and recognizes the value, dignity, and contributions of people with Down syndrome.
Key findings and provisions
- Recites background facts about Down syndrome:
- Prevalence: approximately 1 in 700–1,000 births.
- Cause: full or partial triplication (extra copy) of chromosome 21.
- Health and developmental impacts: delays in physical/intellectual development and associated medical issues (heart defects, hearing/vision problems, respiratory, intestinal, thyroid conditions).
- Emphasizes the importance of:
- Adequate health care, early intervention, inclusive education, and appropriate research for persons with Down syndrome.
- Recognizing autonomy, independence, and community contributions of people with Down syndrome (education, work, civic participation, relationships).
- Notes and commends awareness programs:
- National Down Syndrome Society Buddy Walks and the Special Olympics as mechanisms that raise awareness and support inclusion.
- Notes that March 21 was declared World Down Syndrome Day by the United Nations (2011) and explains the significance of “3/21” (triplication of chromosome 21).
- Resolution text: proclaims the month/day and encourages public participation. Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies to the author for distribution.
Who is affected / impact
- Direct legal effect: None — this is a concurrent resolution (symbolic/ceremonial), not a statutory or funding measure.
- Practical/public impact: raises awareness and promotes public support for services, inclusion, and recognition of individuals with Down syndrome and their families. No new mandates or appropriations.
Procedural status and timeline (from provided actions)
- Introduced: March 6, 2025.
- Assembly actions: read and adopted in March/April 2025 (unanimous or near-unanimous votes reported in documents).
- Senate actions: passed and ordered to engrossing/enrolling; enrolled and filed with Secretary of State.
- Final: Chaptered as a resolution (Res. Chapter 44, Statutes of 2025). (Documents report enrolled/filed April 29, 2025 and additional transmittal entries in June 2025.)
Fiscal committee
- None — the digest marks “Fiscal Committee: NO.”
Author / sponsorship
- The legislative counsel’s digest in the documents lists Senator Grayson as the author of this SCR 35 (Down Syndrome Awareness). (If you intended the different measure about an audit, the sponsor/author listed at the top of your file—Joanna King, Tyler Johnson, Rick Edmonds—appears to belong to other documents in the packet.)
If you want
- A concise one-paragraph press-style summary suitable for publication.
- A separate summary of the audit measure described in your initial Bill Information (if you provide the correct bill text or number).
