HR 135 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relative to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Awareness Month.

This California House Resolution declares September 2026 as Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Awareness Month to highlight the challenges faced by families with newborns requiring extended hospital care. The bill notes that approximately 17,500 to 22,500 infants in the state experience NICU stays longer than two weeks each year, which can strain parental bonding and financial stability. It encourages individuals, businesses, and organizations to support parents in securing adequate time for bonding and home care after discharge. The resolution also directs copies of the text to be sent to the Governor and the Director of Employment Development for distribution.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

Aug 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Aug 6, 2026 Last action Aug 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

08/06/26 - Introduced → HR135 · 2 edits

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No substantive policy changes were made to HR 135. The diff reflects a reformatting of the same resolution text from a printed legislative document layout (with line numbers and page headers) into a web-based bill tracking system format. All WHEREAS clauses, resolved provisions, authorship, and revision notes remain identical.

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The session year header changed from '2025-26 regular session' to '2025-2026 REGULAR SESSION' (capitalization and expanded year format). This is a formatting difference only.

The revision date notation changed from 'Revised 8-19-26' to 'Revised August 19, 2026'. Same date, different presentation style.

Floor votes · Assembly Aug 19, 2026

How they voted

77–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 78

Aug 19, 2026

D Democratic59

58 Yea 1

98% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Aug 19, 2026

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (77-0-1)

assembly

Aug 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

lower

Aug 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 13).

lower

Aug 13, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on RLS.

lower

Aug 6, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

lower

1 primary · 73 co-sponsors