California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly Bipartisan · 17 D · 6 R cosponsors

AJR 3 — Relative to the Armenian Genocide.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 56, Statutes of 2017.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

This measure would, among other things, designate the year of 2017 as "State of California Year of Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," would designate April 24, 2017, as "State of California Day of Commemoration of the 102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," and would call upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to formally and consistently reaffirm the historical truth that the atrocities committed against the Armenian people constituted genocide.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 56, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11:30 a.m.

  3. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  4. Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1075.)

  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. From committee: Ordered to third reading.

  7. In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

  8. Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1006.)

  9. Coauthors revised.

  10. From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6).

  11. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  12. From printer.

  13. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Acosta · Cosponsor
  • Bocanegra · Cosponsor
  • Caballero · Cosponsor
  • Dahle · Cosponsor
  • Gonzalez Fletcher · Cosponsor
  • Gray · Cosponsor
  • Salas · Cosponsor
  • Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry · Cosponsor
  • Baker · Cosponsor
  • Marc Berman · Cosponsor
  • Bloom · Cosponsor
  • Bigelow · Cosponsor
  • Robert Garcia · Cosponsor
  • Mike Fong · Cosponsor
  • Lisa Calderon · Cosponsor
  • Burke · Cosponsor
  • Sabrina Cervantes · Cosponsor
  • Chau · Cosponsor
  • Phillip Chen · Cosponsor
  • Steven S. Choi · Cosponsor
  • Chiu · Cosponsor
  • Chu · Cosponsor
  • Chávez · Cosponsor
  • Cooley · Cosponsor
  • Cooper · Cosponsor
  • Daly · Cosponsor
  • Eggman · Cosponsor
  • Heath Flora · Cosponsor
  • Friedman · Cosponsor
  • James Gallagher · Cosponsor
  • Mike A. Gipson · Cosponsor
  • Gloria · Cosponsor
  • Gomez · Cosponsor
  • Timothy S. Grayson · Cosponsor
  • Harper · Cosponsor
  • Holden · Cosponsor
  • Jacqui Irwin · Cosponsor
  • Ash Kalra · Cosponsor
  • Jones-Sawyer · Cosponsor
  • Kiley · Cosponsor
  • Tom Lackey · Cosponsor
  • Levine · Cosponsor
  • Monique Limón · Cosponsor
  • Maienschein · Cosponsor
  • Low · Cosponsor
  • Mayes · Cosponsor
  • McCarty · Cosponsor
  • Melendez · Cosponsor
  • Medina · Cosponsor
  • Mullin · Cosponsor
  • Al Muratsuchi · Cosponsor
  • Nazarian · Primary
  • O'Donnell · Cosponsor
  • Obernolte · Cosponsor
  • Quirk · Cosponsor
  • Rendon · Cosponsor
  • Sharon Quirk-Silva · Cosponsor
  • Eloise Gómez Reyes · Cosponsor
  • Ridley-Thomas · Cosponsor
  • Rodriguez · Cosponsor
  • Santiago · Cosponsor
  • Steinorth · Cosponsor
  • Thurmond · Cosponsor
  • Ting · Cosponsor
  • Voepel · Cosponsor
  • Waldron · Cosponsor
  • Weber · Cosponsor
  • Wilk · Cosponsor
  • Wood · Cosponsor
  • Joe Patterson · Cosponsor
  • Blanca E. Rubio · Cosponsor
  • Mia Bonta · Cosponsor
  • Robert Garcia · Cosponsor
  • Mark Stone · Cosponsor
  • Travis Allen · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 74 co-sponsors · 47 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Nazarian

Co-sponsors (74)

Not signed on (47)

47 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Special Consent Calendar # AJR3

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AJR 3 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 53004
Democratic 16000
Republican 7000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Not Voting
Medina — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Low — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Be adopted. To third reading.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5002
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 9002
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Brough — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Friedman — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Cooley — Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AJR 3 do?
This measure would, among other things, designate the year of 2017 as "State of California Year of Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," would designate April 24, 2017, as "State of California Day of Commemoration of the 102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," and would call upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to formally and consistently reaffirm the historical truth that the atrocities committed against the Armenian people constituted genocide.
Who sponsors AJR 3?
AJR 3 is sponsored by Acosta, Bocanegra, Caballero, Dahle, Gonzalez Fletcher, Gray, Salas, Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Baker, Berman, Marc (Democratic), Bloom, Bigelow, Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Fong, Mike (Democratic), Calderon, Lisa (Democratic), Burke, Cervantes, Sabrina (Democratic), Chau, Chen, Phillip (Republican), Choi, Steven S. (Republican), Chiu, Chu, Chávez, Cooley, Cooper, Daly, Eggman, Flora, Heath (Republican), Friedman, Gallagher, James (Republican), Gipson, Mike A. (Democratic), Gloria, Gomez, Grayson, Timothy S. (Democratic), Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic), Kalra, Ash (Democratic), Jones-Sawyer, Kiley, Lackey, Tom (Republican), Levine, Limón, Monique (Democratic), Maienschein, Low, Mayes, McCarty, Melendez, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Al (Democratic), Nazarian, O'Donnell, Obernolte, Quirk, Rendon, Quirk-Silva, Sharon (Democratic), Reyes, Eloise Gómez (Democratic), Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Santiago, Steinorth, Thurmond, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Wood, Patterson, Joe (Republican), Rubio, Blanca E. (Democratic), Bonta, Mia (Democratic), Mark Stone, and Travis Allen.
What is the current status of AJR 3?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AJR 3?
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