California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SR129: Relative to Women’s Equality Day
Status: Passed both chambers, August 13, 2026
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, August 14, 2026:
20250SR__012998ENR 98 INTRODUCED 2026-08-03 PASSED_SENATE 2026-08-13 ENROLLED 2026-08-14 2025 0 SR 129 ENR Introduced by Senator Durazo (Coauthors: Senators Ashby, Blakespear, Caballero, Cervantes, Gonzalez, Grove, Limón, Menjivar, Ochoa Bogh, Reyes, Richardson, Rubio, Smallwood-Cuevas, Wahab, and Weber Pierson) LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE Durazo COAUTHOR SENATE Ashby COAUTHOR SENATE Blakespear COAUTHOR SENATE Caballero COAUTHOR SENATE Cervantes COAUTHOR SENATE Gonzalez COAUTHOR SENATE Grove COAUTHOR SENATE Limón COAUTHOR SENATE Menjivar COAUTHOR SENATE Ochoa Bogh COAUTHOR SENATE Reyes COAUTHOR SENATE Richardson COAUTHOR SENATE Rubio COAUTHOR SENATE Smallwood-Cuevas COAUTHOR SENATE Wahab COAUTHOR SENATE Weber Pierson Relative to Women’s Equality Day. Women’s Equality Day WHEREAS, The first women’s rights convention on July 19, 1848, was called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott to win equal rights for women and expand the role of women in society, and it was then that the fight for women’s rights came together as an organized effort; and WHEREAS, In 1851, abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth delivered her most renowned extemporaneous speech at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, first transcribed and titled as “On Woman’s Rights” before it was later altered using an inaccurate dialect and retitled “Ain’t I a Woman?”; and WHEREAS, The addition of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on August 26, 1920, secured for women the right to vote, with full enfranchisement of …
Sponsors
- Durazo, Maria Elena (D, SD26) · primary sponsor
- Catherine Blakespear (D, SD38)
- Angelique Ashby (D, SD08)
- Anna Caballero (D, SD14)
- Sabrina Cervantes (D, SD31)
- Lena Gonzalez (D, SD33)
- Shannon Grove (R, SD12)
- Monique Limón (D, SD21)
- Caroline Menjivar (D, SD20)
- Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R, SD19)
- Reyes, Eloise Gómez (D, SD29)
- Laura Richardson (D, SD35)
Latest actions
- : Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5359.)
- : Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.)
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
- : From committee: Ordered to third reading.
- : Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
Votes
- Special Consent SR129 Durazo et al. (August 13, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SR129?
- SR129 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Relative to Women’s Equality Day.
- What is the status of SR129?
- Passed both chambers as of August 13, 2026. Latest action: Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5359.) (August 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored SR129?
- Durazo, Maria Elena (D, SD26), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SR129?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SR129
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