AJR-3 • 2026

Public social services: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Schiavo
Last action: 2025-09-05
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 168, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Support for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

This resolution asks California's representatives in Congress and the President to protect and improve Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs.

What This Bill Does

Asks California’s Representatives in Congress to support legislation that removes parts of a federal act that hurt Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Tells California’s Representatives in Congress to stop any plans to privatize these social services.
Encourages the President to work with Congress to protect and improve these programs.
Requests the President to bring back staffing levels for these programs.

Who It Names or Affects

California's representatives in Congress
The President of the United States

Terms To Know

Privatization: Moving something that was run by the government to be run by private companies.
Staffing levels: The number of people working for an organization or program.

Limits and Unknowns

This resolution does not create new laws but asks others to take actions.
It is unclear how the President and Congress will respond to this request.

Bill History

2025-09-05 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 168, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-05 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
2025-08-28 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 0. Page 2774.).
2025-08-26 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-25 California Legislative Information
Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 2249.)
2025-08-20 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-19 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-07-09 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-08 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-06-17 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16).
2025-05-28 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2025-05-20 California Legislative Information
In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2025-05-19 California Legislative Information
Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 1587.)
2025-05-19 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23).
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
2025-03-04 California Legislative Information
From printer.
2025-03-03 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AJR 3, Schiavo.
Public social services: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
This measure would call on the state’s Representatives in Congress to support legislation to repeal all of the provisions of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act that adversely affect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs, to oppose privatization of these programs, and to protect and improve these programs, and would call on the President of the United States to
immediately restore program staffing levels, to work with Congress to protect and improve these programs, and to disavow any efforts to privatize Social Security.

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