Relative to Dolores Huerta Day.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Jesse Arreguín and 13 co-sponsors

April 10, 2026 is proclaimed Dolores Huerta Day, encouraging schools to teach about her life and impact on workers’ rights and civil rights in California.

Referred to Com. on RLS.

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1) Purpose and Intent

SCR 152 proclaims April 10, 2026, as Dolores Huerta Day in California.

The measure asks and encourages public schools and educational institutions to conduct exercises that remember Dolores Huerta, recognize her accomplishments, and familiarize students with her contributions to California.

The resolution honors Huerta as a longtime labor and civil rights activist who advanced farmworker conditions, workers’ rights, and social justice.

2) Key Provisions and Changes

Proclamation: The California Legislature designates April 10, 2026, as Dolores Huerta Day.

Educational Encouragement: The resolution encourages all public schools and educational institutions to conduct activities that:

Remember Dolores Huerta’s life and contributions
Recognize her achievements
Educate pupils about her impact on California

Communications: The Secretary of the Senate is directed to transmit copies of the resolution to the bill’s author for distribution.

Note: As a concurrent resolution, SCR 152 expresses the Legislature’s viewpoint and does not create new legally enforceable state requirements or funding separate from existing programs. It primarily serves ceremonial and educational awareness purposes.

3) Who or What Would Be Affected

Public schools and educational institutions in California: Encouraged to observe and teach about Dolores Huerta on or around Dolores Huerta Day.

Students and educators: Potential beneficiaries through classroom activities highlighting Huerta’s life, organizing work, and civil rights contributions.

Dolores Huerta Foundation and related advocates: Indirectly highlighted through statewide recognition.

4) Procedural and Timeline Aspects

Introduction: SCR 152 introduced March 25, 2026.

Referral: Referred to the Senate Rules Committee (RLS) for initial consideration.

Legislative progress (as of the action history):

April 16, 2026: Read and adopted in the Senate; ordered to the Assembly.
April 16, 2026: In Assembly, held at desk.
April 20, 2026: Referred to the Assembly Rules,Legislative, and similar committee (RLS) for further action.

Final status: The document indicates formal passage in the Senate and transmission to the Assembly for concurrence; as a concurrent resolution, it requires both houses’ concurrence but does not require the Governor’s signature to become law.

5) Sponsors and Supporters

Principal authorship: Senator Reyes (with multiple cosponsors)

Notable co-sponsors (for context): Senators Arreguín, Ashby, Blakespear, Caballero, Cervantes, Durazo, Gonzalez, Grayson, Laird, Padilla, Richardson, Wiener, Weber Pierson, and others.

Cross-party support: The list indicates broad legislative support among California lawmakers.

If you’d like, I can provide a one-paragraph lay summary for public-facing materials or a table contrasting SCR 152 with typical commemorative resolutions.

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