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ACR-24 • 2026

National Missing Children’s Day.

National Missing Children’s Day.

Children
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Alanis
Last action
2025-06-25
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 88, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details on how the day should be celebrated or its impact.

National Missing Children's Day

This law declares May 25, 2025, as National Missing Children's Day and marks it as the 42nd anniversary of the first such day.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares May 25, 2025, as National Missing Children’s Day.

Terms To Know

National Missing Children's Day
A day set aside to remember and support efforts for finding missing children.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how people should celebrate the day.
  • It doesn't provide funding or rules about what activities are allowed on this day.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 88, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m.

  3. 2025-06-19 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  4. 2025-06-19 California Legislative Information

    Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1665.)

  5. 2025-06-17 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. 2025-06-04 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Ordered to third reading.

  7. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

  8. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1659.)

  9. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  10. 2025-05-19 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 19).

  11. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  12. 2025-01-31 California Legislative Information

    From printer.

  13. 2025-01-30 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

ACR 24, Alanis.
National Missing Children’s Day.
This measure would declare May 25, 2025, as National Missing Children’s Day and the 42nd anniversary of the first National Missing Children’s Day.

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