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ACR-53 • 2026

Women’s Equal Pay Day.

Women’s Equal Pay Day.

Labor
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Bonta
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 58, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify any encouragement of specific policies beyond the proclamation.

Women's Equal Pay Day

This law proclaims March 25, 2025, as Women’s Equal Pay Day in California to recognize the need for equal pay between men and women.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares March 25, 2025, as Women's Equal Pay Day in California.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who live and work in California.

Terms To Know

gender wage gap
The difference between the average earnings of women and men, often expressed as a percentage of what men earn.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not provide specific actions to close the gender wage gap.
  • Only applies for one day in 2025.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 58, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-05-05 California Legislative Information

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

  3. 2025-04-24 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  4. 2025-04-24 California Legislative Information

    Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 889.)

  5. 2025-04-22 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Ordered to third reading.

  7. 2025-04-01 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

  8. 2025-03-28 California Legislative Information

    Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 917.)

  9. 2025-03-28 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  10. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 24).

  11. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  12. 2025-03-18 California Legislative Information

    From printer.

  13. 2025-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

ACR 53, Bonta.
Women’s Equal Pay Day.
This measure would proclaim March 25, 2025, as Women’s Equal Pay Day in California in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.

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