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ACR-16 • 2026

The POW/MIA Bridge.

The POW/MIA Bridge.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Gallagher
Last action
2025-07-08
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 132, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact timing and amount required for sign installation are not specified in the bill.

The POW/MIA Bridge

This law designates the Feather River Bridge in Marysville and Yuba City as the POW/MIA Bridge and asks the Department of Transportation to put up signs if they receive enough donations from nonstate sources.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates the Feather River Bridge and Overhead of State Highway Route 20 in the Cities of Marysville and Yuba City as the POW/MIA Bridge.
  • Requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation.
  • Asks the Department of Transportation to erect those signs upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who use the Feather River Bridge in Marysville and Yuba City
  • The Department of Transportation

Terms To Know

POW/MIA
Prisoners of War or Missing in Action, which refers to soldiers who were captured by enemies during wars or whose whereabouts are unknown.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not specify when the signs will be put up.
  • It is unclear how much money needs to be raised from nonstate sources before the Department of Transportation can install the signs.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-08 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 132, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-07-08 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.

  3. 2025-06-30 California Legislative Information

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2365.).

  4. 2025-06-27 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  5. 2025-06-27 California Legislative Information

    Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1810.)

  6. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  7. 2025-06-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

  8. 2025-06-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. 2025-05-22 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  10. 2025-05-14 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  11. 2025-05-01 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

  12. 2025-05-01 California Legislative Information

    Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1385.)

  13. 2025-04-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28).

  14. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  15. 2025-02-19 California Legislative Information

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

  16. 2025-02-13 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  17. 2025-02-12 California Legislative Information

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

  18. 2025-02-03 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  19. 2025-01-17 California Legislative Information

    From printer.

  20. 2025-01-16 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

ACR 16, Gallagher.
The POW/MIA Bridge.
This measure would designate the Feather River Bridge and Overhead of State Highway Route 20 in the Cities of Marysville and Yuba City as the POW/MIA Bridge. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

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