California SJR7: Tariffs.

What the bill says

A joint resolution to rescind President Trump’s tariffs and to oppose all future unilateral and arbitrary tariff increases imposed by President Trump. NO.

From the chaptered text, August 24, 2026:

a joint resolution to rescind President Trump’s tariffs and to oppose all future unilateral and arbitrary tariff increases imposed by President Trump. NO WHEREAS, Article I of Section 8 of the United States Constitution vests in Congress the exclusive authority to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,” reflecting the founders’ intent to withhold from the executive branch the unilateral power to impose taxes and duties; and WHEREAS, The constitutional power to tax and to regulate foreign commerce is among the most consequential powers of Congress because of its direct effect on prices, wages, investment, diplomacy, and our national economic stability; and WHEREAS, Since the Allied victory in the Second World War, there has been a bipartisan consensus among both major American political parties supporting free trade; and WHEREAS, In his 1958 State of the Union address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared that free trade was “[b]oth in our national interest, and in the interest of world peace”; and WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan said in a 1988 radio address that “one of the key factors behind our nation’s great prosperity is the open trade policy that allows the American people to freely exchange goods and services with free people around the world”; and WHEREAS, In a 2022 keynote address to the Heritage Foundation, Donald J. Trump declared that Heritage would be building …

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Sponsors

• Sabrina Cervantes (D, SD31) · primary sponsor
• Benjamin Allen (D, SD24)
• Bob Archuleta (D, SD30)
• Catherine Blakespear (D, SD38)
• Anna Caballero (D, SD14)
• Dave Cortese (D, SD15)
• John Laird (D, SD17)
• Jerry McNerney (D, SD05)
• Laura Richardson (D, SD35)
• Henry Stern (D, SD27)
• Aisha Wahab (D)
• Dawn Addis (D, AD30)

Latest actions

1. August 24, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 205, Statutes of 2026.
2. August 24, 2026: Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m.
3. August 19, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 5541.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
4. August 19, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. April 21, 2026: In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
6. April 20, 2026: Read. Adopted. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 4728.) Ordered to the Senate.
7. April 20, 2026: Coauthors revised.
8. March 2, 2026: Ordered to third reading.
9. March 2, 2026: Withdrawn from committee.
10. March 2, 2026: Assembly Rule 96 suspended.

Votes

• Unfinished Business SJR7 Cervantes et al. Concurrence (August 19, 2026): 27 yea, 10 nay, passed
• SJR 7 Cervantes Senate Third Reading By Solache (April 20, 2026): 60 yea, 13 nay, passed
• Senate 3rd Reading SJR7 Cervantes et al. (July 17, 2025): 26 yea, 9 nay, passed
• Be adopted. Ordered to third reading (June 30, 2025): 8 yea, 3 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SJR7?

SJR7 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Tariffs.

What does SJR7 do?

In its own words: A joint resolution to rescind President Trump’s tariffs and to oppose all future unilateral and arbitrary tariff increases imposed by President Trump. NO.

What is the status of SJR7?

Chaptered as of August 24, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 205, Statutes of 2026. (August 24, 2026).

Who sponsored SJR7?

Sabrina Cervantes (D, SD31), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SJR7?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SJR7