SR 87 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relative to the Armenian Genocide.

This Senate Resolution formally acknowledges the Armenian Genocide, a systematic campaign of mass killing and deportation that occurred between 1915 and 1923 against Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire and later Turkey. The document details historical events, including the deaths of over 1.5 million people, the seizure of their property, and the subsequent denial of these atrocities by the modern Republic of Turkey. By reciting these facts, the resolution aims to preserve the historical record and honor the survivors and victims of this event.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2026 Last action Apr 20, 2026

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04/22/26 - Enrolled → SR87 · 3 edits

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The substantive resolution text is unchanged between versions. The diff reflects a reformatting from the enrolled legislative document layout to the California legislature website's bill text display, adding website navigation elements, status metadata (Enrolled April 22, 2026; Passed in Senate April 20, 2026), and a Legislative Counsel's Digest header. The only content addition is the listing of 18 coauthors who were not shown in the enrolled version.

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Added list of 18 coauthors (Senators Allen, Blakespear, Caballero, Cortese, Dahle, Durazo, Gonzalez, McGuire, Menjivar, Ochoa Bogh, Perez, Reyes, Richardson, Rubio, Smallwood-Cuevas, Strickland, Valladares, and Wahab) who were not displayed in the enrolled version.

Added status metadata showing the bill was Enrolled on April 22, 2026 and Passed in the Senate on April 20, 2026.

Reformatted from official enrolled document layout (with page numbers, running headers, and attestation block) to the legislature website's bill text display format with navigation elements and a Legislative Counsel's Digest section header.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 20, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Apr 20, 2026

D Democratic30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican10

9 Yea 1

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 20, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (38-0-2)

senate

Apr 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3938.)

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Ordered to third reading.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

1 primary · 18 co-sponsors