ACR 198 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relative to Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month.

This bill designates May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month to highlight the importance of mental health support for mothers. It is a non-binding resolution that does not change laws or allocate funding but serves to raise public awareness through official proclamation. The measure affects the state by encouraging community focus on this topic during the designated month without imposing new requirements on individuals or organizations.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced May 5, 2026 Signed Jun 18, 2026

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06/18/26 - Chaptered → ACR198 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made to ACR 198. The diff reflects a transition from the official chaptered document format to a web page rendering of the same resolution on the California legislature website. All WHEREAS clauses and RESOLVED provisions are identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from an official authenticated chaptered legislative document into a web page layout, adding navigation elements (home, FAQ, search, bill information links) and removing the formal 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGISLATE MATERIAL' header. The actual resolution text proclaiming May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month is unchanged.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2026 · Assembly May 14, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

Jun 11, 2026

D Democratic30

28 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 2

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 11, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (36-0-4)

senate

Jun 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

lower

Jun 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4701.)

upper

May 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Ordered to third reading.

upper

May 18, 2026

Committee

In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

upper

May 14, 2026

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (76-0-3)

assembly

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5059.)

lower

May 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11).

lower

May 11, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on RLS.

lower

May 5, 2026

Introduced

Introduced. To print.

lower

1 primary · 71 co-sponsors