Relative to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
This Senate Resolution designates March 2026 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in California to promote education and early detection of the disease. The bill highlights the importance of screening, noting that timely tests can prevent colorectal cancer, which is a leading cause of death and disproportionately affects certain demographic groups. By officially recognizing this month, the Senate aims to encourage the public to learn about the risks and benefits of getting screened. The resolution also directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the document to the sponsoring legislator for distribution.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2026
Last action Mar 9, 2026
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No substantive policy changes occurred between these two versions. The resolution designating March 2026 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in California is identical in both. The difference is purely presentational: the first version is a clean enrolled legislative text, while the second is a web page capture of the same bill from the California legislature website, including navigation menus, metadata, and status information.
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The document changed from a clean formatted legislative text to a web page rendering that includes site navigation elements (home, search, login, etc.), bill metadata (version dates, status as Enrolled/Passed), and a Legislative Counsel's Digest header. The actual resolution language is unchanged.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2026
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 40
Mar 9, 2026
D
Democratic30
90% Yea
R
Republican10
70% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
3
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Mar 9, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0-6)
senate
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3532.)
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Ordered to third reading.
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jerry McNerney
DDemocratic
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