High School Voter Education Weeks.

Education Elections

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Pérez
Last action: 2026-05-21
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 70, Statutes of 2026.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact nature of digital and physical resources is not specified in the official source.

High School Voter Education Weeks

This law declares April 13, 2026, to April 24, 2026, as High School Voter Education Weeks and encourages schools to teach students in grades 9 through 12 about the electoral process.

What This Bill Does

Declares Monday, April 13, 2026, to Friday, April 24, 2026, inclusive, as High School Voter Education Weeks.
Encourages local educational agencies to dedicate at least one of those two weeks to educating pupils in grades 9 through 12 on the electoral process.
Encourages local educational agencies to provide digital and physical resources necessary for this education.
Encourages governing boards or bodies of local educational agencies to contract with third-party nonprofit organizations to help teach about voting.

Who It Names or Affects

Local educational agencies (schools).
Students in grades 9 through 12.

Terms To Know

Electoral process: The way elections are run, including how people vote and who wins.
Local educational agencies: School districts or other groups that manage schools in a specific area.

Limits and Unknowns

It does not require schools to teach about voting; it only encourages them.
The law does not specify what happens if schools do not follow the encouragement.

Bill History

2026-05-21 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 70, Statutes of 2026.
2026-05-21 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-11 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11).
2026-05-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-04-30 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2026-04-30 California Legislative Information
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-04-28 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-04-27 California Legislative Information
Ordered to second reading.
2026-04-27 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended.
2026-02-26 California Legislative Information
From committee: Ordered to third reading.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

Official Summary Text

SCR 128, Pérez.
High School Voter Education Weeks.
This measure would declare Monday, April 13, 2026, to Friday, April 24, 2026, inclusive, as High School Voter Education Weeks and would encourage local educational agencies to dedicate at least one of those 2 weeks to educating pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, on the electoral process, as provided. The measure would encourage local educational agencies to provide digital and physical resources necessary to provide this information and would encourage the governing boards or bodies of local educational agencies to contract with third-party nonprofit organizations, as provided, to accomplish this endeavor.

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