HR 140 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relative to Children's Get Offline and Get Outdoors Month.

California Assembly Resolution 140 designates August 2026 as Children's Get Offline and Get Outdoors Month to promote awareness of the benefits of screen-free play for child development. The resolution cites research linking excessive social media use and reduced free play time to increased rates of anxiety, depression, and other behavioral issues among teenagers. It encourages families and communities to support unstructured outdoor activities and highlights ongoing federal efforts to protect children's mental health through technology guardrails.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

Aug 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Aug 19, 2026 Last action Aug 24, 2026

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No substantive policy changes were made to HR 140. The diff reflects only a change in document formatting and presentation: the bill moved from a plain-text layout with line numbers and page headers to a web-page rendering that includes website navigation elements, metadata, and a Legislative Counsel's Digest section header. The actual resolution text, authorship, coauthors, date, and all WHEREAS clauses are identical between versions.

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Committee

Amendments

Aug 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read. Adopted.

lower

Aug 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 20).

lower

Aug 20, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on RLS.

lower

Aug 19, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

lower

1 primary · 73 co-sponsors