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SCR-50 • 2026

Maladaptation.

Maladaptation.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Stern
Last action
2025-07-18
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on encouraging awareness, only that it recognizes the threat of maladaptation to climate resilience efforts.

Recognizing Maladaptation as a Threat

This resolution acknowledges that not adapting properly to climate change can harm efforts to make California more resilient and cost-effective.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines maladaptation as actions or policies that worsen the effects of climate change instead of helping to solve them.
  • Highlights how maladaptation can reduce the effectiveness of measures meant to protect against climate impacts.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The state government and its agencies responsible for climate resilience actions.

Terms To Know

Maladaptation
Actions or policies that make the effects of climate change worse instead of helping to solve them.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not provide specific actions or funding for addressing maladaptation.
  • It is a non-binding resolution and does not create laws or regulations.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-18 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-07-18 California Legislative Information

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

  3. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  4. 2025-07-10 California Legislative Information

    Read. Adopted. (Page 2507.) Ordered to the Senate.

  5. 2025-07-10 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  6. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23).

  7. 2025-06-05 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

  8. 2025-05-28 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  9. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 1235.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  10. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 840.) (April 22).

  11. 2025-04-04 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 22.

  12. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

  13. 2025-03-26 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

Official Summary Text

SCR 50, Stern.
Maladaptation.
This measure would, among other things, recognize the serious and urgent threat maladaptation poses to the success and cost effectiveness of the state’s climate resilience actions.

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