HR 95 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relative to National Public Works Week.

This bill designates the week of May 17 to May 24, 2026, as National Public Works Week throughout California to honor the contributions of public works professionals. It directly affects engineers, managers, and employees in government and the private sector who maintain essential infrastructure like transportation systems, water supplies, and public buildings. The resolution requests that the Governor issue a proclamation encouraging the public to observe the week with educational programs and activities that highlight the importance of these workers.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 24, 2026 Last action May 14, 2026

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What changed between versions

03/24/26 - Introduced → 04/20/26 - Amended Assembly · 3 edits · Apr 20, 2026

MINOR

The amended version of HR 95 adds a new WHEREAS clause detailing the specific disaster and emergency response roles of public works professionals (rescue, evacuation, flood control, sheltering, traffic control, perimeter security, supply transport, and infrastructure restoration). It also adds a large list of coauthors, broadening legislative support for the resolution. A minor date formatting correction was made to include day numbers in the declared week.

SCOPE

A new WHEREAS clause was inserted (lines 13-25) that expands the recognition of public works professionals by specifically detailing their roles during disaster response and recovery, including rescue, evacuation, flood control, sheltering, temporary traffic control, perimeter security, transporting critical supplies, and restoring damaged infrastructure.

A list of approximately 60 coauthors was added to the resolution, indicating significantly broader legislative support for recognizing National Public Works Week.

TECHNICAL

The declared week dates were corrected from 'May 17, 2026, to May 23, 2026' to 'May 17, 18, 2026, to May 23, 24, 2026,' adding the specific day numbers (Sunday and Monday) for clarity.

Floor votes · Assembly May 14, 2026

How they voted

76–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 79

May 14, 2026

D Democratic59

57 Yea 2

96% Yea

R Republican20

19 Yea 1

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

May 14, 2026

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (76-0-3)

assembly

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5059.).

lower

May 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11).

lower

Apr 21, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

lower

Apr 20, 2026

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. Amended.

lower

Apr 6, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on RLS.

lower

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

lower

1 primary · 71 co-sponsors