AJR 18 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Recognition of the historical wrongdoing committed against California Native Americans.

Summary

This measure would recognize the historical wrongdoing committed against California Native Americans and urge the federal government to work alongside tribal leaders to address historic injustices, uphold treaty obligations, and ensure equitable access to resources, healthcare, education, and environmental stewardship.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Assembly Passage

Jul 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 30, 2025 Last action Jun 4, 2026

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What changed between versions

06/30/25 - Introduced → AJR18 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions of AJR 18. The differences are entirely formatting and presentation: the bill moved from a printed document layout (with line numbers, page headers, and footers) to a clean web-based presentation format. All WHEREAS clauses and Resolved clauses remain identical in content.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a paginated printed document with line numbers and page headers into a web-friendly layout without those elements. No changes were made to the substantive language of the resolution.

Floor votes · Assembly Jul 14, 2025

How they voted

75–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 78

Jul 14, 2025

D Democratic59

57 Yea 2

96% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

In committee: Hearing cancelled at the request of author.

upper

Aug 20, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on JUD.

upper

Jul 15, 2025

Committee

In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

upper

Jul 14, 2025

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (75-0-3)

assembly

Jul 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2534.)

lower

Jul 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8).

lower

Jul 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on JUD.

lower

Jun 30, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. To print.

lower

1 primary · 72 co-sponsors