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SCR-121 • 2026

The Purple Heart Community.

The Purple Heart Community.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dahle
Last action
2026-04-23
Official status
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not specify how much funding is needed or when signs might be installed, leaving these details uncertain.

Purple Heart Community Designation

This resolution designates a part of State Route 162 in Glenn County as the Purple Heart Community and requests that appropriate signs be installed if sufficient donations are received from nonstate sources.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates a specific section of State Route 162 in Glenn County as the Purple Heart Community.
  • Requests that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs for this designation.
  • Asks the Department of Transportation to install these signs if sufficient donations are received from nonstate sources.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who live in Glenn County
  • Drivers and visitors on State Route 162 in Glenn County

Terms To Know

Purple Heart Community
A special name given to a part of State Route 162 in Glenn County, California.
Department of Transportation
The state agency responsible for building and maintaining roads and highways.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear how much the signs will cost or when they might be put up.
  • This resolution does not provide funding for the signs, so it depends on donations to happen.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  2. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  3. 2026-04-21 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  4. 2026-04-20 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  5. 2026-04-10 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 20.

  6. 2026-04-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  7. 2026-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 7.

  8. 2026-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  9. 2026-02-11 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

Official Summary Text

SCR 121, as introduced, Dahle.
The Purple Heart Community.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Route 162 in the County of Glenn as the Purple Heart Community. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs.

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