SCR 89: Relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion. - California

06/25/25 - Amended Senate → 03/20/26 - Amended Assembly · 4 edits · Mar 20, 2026

MODERATE

The Assembly amended SCR 89 after the Senate's June 2025 amendment, adding a large number of coauthors from both chambers to demonstrate broad legislative support for the resolution affirming California's commitment to DEI. The substantive policy language of the resolution is unchanged; the modifications are primarily procedural (expanding the coauthor list) and minor textual corrections to fix awkward phrasing and a duplicate word in a case citation.

SCOPE

A large list of coauthors was added, including Senators Becker, Blakespear, and Richardson, and approximately 50 Assembly Members, indicating the resolution gained broad bipartisan support across both chambers during the Assembly amendment process.

TECHNICAL

The WHEREAS clause referencing the 2022 executive order was corrected: 'Governor Newsom signed In 2022, there was an executive order' was changed to simply 'In 2022, there was an executive order,' and the phrase 'establishing the Racial Equity Commission' was removed from that clause.

The case citation 'Brown v. Board of Education Education' was corrected to 'Brown v. Board of Education' by removing the duplicate word.

Em dashes in the phrase 'every individual, regardless of background, can fully participate' were replaced with commas.

08/11/26 - Chaptered → SCR89 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes occurred between these two versions. The diff reflects a transition from the formal authenticated chaptered document (as filed with the Secretary of State) to a web page display of the same bill text on the California Legislature website. All WHEREAS clauses and Resolved clauses are identical in content.

TECHNICAL

The document changed from a formal authenticated chaptered format (with STATE OF CALIFORNIA header, page numbers, and column markers) to a web page layout that includes navigation menus, search tools, version history links, and sidebar elements. The underlying legislative text is unchanged.

08/07/26 - Enrolled → 08/11/26 - Chaptered · 2 edits · Aug 11, 2026

MINOR

This is a technical transition from the enrolled version to the chaptered version of SCR 89. The resolution was assigned Resolution Chapter 159 and filed with the Secretary of State on August 11, 2026. All substantive text (the WHEREAS clauses and Resolved clauses affirming DEI commitment) remains identical; only formatting, page numbering, and procedural headers changed.

TECHNICAL

The enrolled version's adoption dates, signature blocks, and blank filing date line were replaced with a 'RESOLUTION CHAPTER 159' header and a confirmed filing date of August 11, 2026.

An 'AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' marking was added to the chaptered version, indicating it is the official published text.

03/20/26 - Amended Assembly → 08/07/26 - Enrolled · 5 edits · Aug 7, 2026

MODERATE

This is the enrolled (final) version of SCR 89, a non-binding resolution affirming the California Legislature's commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The substantive policy content is unchanged from the amended assembly version; all changes are procedural and formatting in nature, reflecting the transition from an in-progress bill to its final enrolled form.

TECHNICAL

Author and coauthor lists were removed from the front matter and replaced with adoption dates: 'Adopted in Senate August 6, 2026' and 'Adopted in Assembly June 15, 2026.'

A Secretary of State attestation block was added at the end of the document, including a receipt date line and Deputy Secretary of State signature line, which is standard for enrolled resolutions.

The legislative counsel's digest dropped the phrase 'as amended,' changing from 'SCR 89, as amended, Smallwood-Cuevas' to 'SCR 89, Smallwood-Cuevas.'

A duplicated phrase in one WHEREAS clause was corrected: the amended version contained garbled text reading 'every individual-regardless individual, regardless of background-can background, can fully participate,' which was cleaned up to 'every individual, regardless of background, can fully participate.'

The 'REVISIONS' note at the bottom of the last page (noting a heading change on line 5) was removed, as it is no longer needed in the enrolled version.

05/29/25 - Introduced → 06/25/25 - Amended Senate · 4 edits · Jun 25, 2025

MODERATE

The amended version adds Assembly Member Bonta as principal coauthor, expands the description of Governor Newsom's executive order to include its stated purpose, inserts a new WHEREAS clause referencing Senate Concurrent Resolution 136 (2024) on equity impact analysis in the Senate, and adds Mendez v. Westminster School District of Orange County to the list of landmark civil rights cases cited. The core resolutions remain unchanged.

SCOPE

Assembly Member Bonta added as principal coauthor, broadening the bill's sponsorship base across chambers.

A new WHEREAS clause was added referencing SCR 136 (2024), a Senate resolution urging the chamber to explore integrating equity impact analysis into committee and floor bill analyses, adding an intra-legislative precedent for the measure.

REQUIREMENT

The WHEREAS clause about Governor Newsom's executive order was expanded to add that it was signed in 2022 and to state its purpose: to reflect California's diversity and ensure discrimination does not occur in state agencies.

DEFINITION

Mendez v. Westminster School District of Orange County was added to the list of landmark cases cited alongside Brown v. Board of Education and Griggs v. Duke Power Co., strengthening the legal foundation with a California-specific civil rights case.

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