Relative to California Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month.
Senate Resolution 45 designates May 2025 as California Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month. The resolution encourages all Californians to prioritize water safety, supervise children near water, and learn lifesaving skills like CPR. It does not create new laws or allocate funding - instead, it formally recognizes the month to raise public awareness about drowning risks, citing statistics on child drownings as the leading cause of unintentional death for young children in California. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the California Senate on May 29, 2025.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced May 19, 2025
Last action May 29, 2025
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 29, 2025
D
Democratic30
93% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Amendments
2
May 29, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-2)
senate
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1339.)
upper
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Ordered to third reading.
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Susan Rubio
DDemocratic
Co
Melissa Hurtado
DDemocratic
Co
Tom Umberg
DDemocratic
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