This measure would proclaim the month of May 2025, as Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and would encourage all Californians to make themselves and their families aware of the risk of skin cancer and the measures that can be taken to prevent it.
Maddy summaryACR 84 designates May 2025 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month in the state. This symbolic resolution does not create new laws or policies but formally recognizes Lyme disease awareness during that month. It directly affects the public and health organizations by highlighting the importance of education and prevention efforts. The bill has no binding requirements or funding provisions.
Maddy summaryACR 74 is a ceremonial resolution designating May 2025 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California. It does not create new laws or regulations but formally recognizes this month for promoting motorcycle safety awareness. The resolution directly affects the state government and public by encouraging related educational activities during May 2025. It has no binding requirements or financial impact on individuals or organizations.
This measure would urge the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to immediately restore full funding for Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program projects.
Maddy summaryHouse Resolution 45, introduced by Assembly Member Castillo, proclaims the week of June 15, 2025, as Animal Rights Awareness Week in California. The resolution encourages Californians to practice responsible pet and livestock care, support local animal welfare organizations, and advocate for policies promoting animal welfare. It does not create new laws or legal obligations but serves as a symbolic gesture to raise public awareness. The Assembly adopted this non-binding resolution on June 16, 2025.
This measure would, among other things, call for an immediate end to policies that obstruct lawful immigration enforcement and urge the Governor to take immediate action to restore law and order.
Maddy summaryACR 75 designates May 11-17, 2025, as California's Farm Week through a symbolic observance. This resolution directly recognizes California's agricultural community, including farmers, ranchers, and food producers. It has no binding policy impact or new funding; it simply establishes a designated week for public acknowledgment of the state's agricultural sector. The measure serves as a ceremonial tribute without altering laws or regulations.
Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude those compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, as defined, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. This bill would ratify amendments between the State of California and the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California, executed on December 12, 2024, and February 12, 2025, to extend the terms of the existing tribal-state gaming compact, executed on September 10, 1999. The bill would also ratify a new tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California. The bill would provide that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions related to these compacts are not projects for the purposes of CEQA. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would recognize the significance of disability-informed response programs in promoting public safety and community trust. The measure would also commend the efforts of law enforcement agencies that have implemented disability-informed response programs in consultation with disability communities.
Maddy summaryThis House Resolution (HR 40) declares May 25, 2025, as "Rosenda's Day" in California. It honors Rosenda (Rose) Elizabeth Smiley, a 14-year-old who died in a drunk driving crash on Memorial Day weekend in 2024. The resolution commemorates her life and raises awareness about the preventable tragedies of drunk driving, citing state traffic statistics. As a symbolic gesture, it does not create new laws or policies. The resolution was adopted by the California Assembly on May 27, 2025.
