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ACR-114 • 2026

Women’s Small Business Month.

Women’s Small Business Month.

Labor Small Business
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Pacheco
Last action
2025-09-23
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 196, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about recognizing individual women or their achievements, only a general encouragement for citizens to acknowledge the broader impact of women-owned small businesses.

Women's Small Business Month

This resolution declares October 2025 as Women's Small Business Month and encourages all citizens to recognize the economic importance of women-owned small businesses in California.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares October 2025 as Women’s Small Business Month.

Who It Names or Affects

  • All citizens of California are encouraged to participate.

Terms To Know

Small Business
A company that is independently owned and operated, with a relatively small number of employees or sales volume.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not provide specific actions for citizens to take.
  • It does not include funding or programs to support women-owned small businesses.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-23 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 196, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-09-23 California Legislative Information

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

  3. 2025-09-12 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  4. 2025-09-11 California Legislative Information

    Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2929.)

  5. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. 2025-08-27 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Ordered to third reading.

  7. 2025-08-25 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

  8. 2025-08-25 California Legislative Information

    Adopted and to Senate. (Page 2730.)

  9. 2025-08-21 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 21).

  10. 2025-08-21 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  11. 2025-08-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer.

  12. 2025-08-20 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

ACR 114, Pacheco.
Women’s Small Business Month.
This measure would declare October 2025 as Women’s Small Business Month and encourage all citizens to recognize the economic importance of women’s small business in California.

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