SR 77 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relative to condemning racism.

This Senate Resolution condemns former President Donald Trump for posting a video depicting former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, labeling the act as racist dehumanization. The measure directly addresses the former President by calling for a public apology and urging all elected officials to reject the normalization of such imagery. It also reaffirms California's commitment to confronting systemic racism and protecting civil rights during Black History Month and beyond. As a non-binding resolution, it expresses the Senate's moral stance rather than creating new laws or funding.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 9, 2026 Last action Feb 9, 2026

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What changed between versions

02/10/26 - Enrolled → SR77 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive legislative changes were made to SR 77. The diff reflects a formatting change from a printed enrolled document layout (with page numbers and headers) to a web page display format that includes website navigation elements, metadata panels, and search tools. The actual resolution text condemning racist imagery is identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

The bill was reformatted from a printed document style (with page numbers, centered headers, and attestation block) to a web-based layout that includes site navigation links, a quick search panel, bill status metadata (enrolled date, passed date), and a legislative counsel digest section. The resolution content itself is unchanged.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2026

How they voted

28–0

Passed · 12 other

Total votes 40

Feb 9, 2026

D Democratic30

26 Yea 4

86% Yea

R Republican10

2 Yea 8

20% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 9, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (28-0-12)

senate

Feb 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 3372.)

upper

Feb 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Ordered to third reading.

upper

Feb 9, 2026

Introduced

Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors