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SCR-78 • 2026

Detective Sergeant Ed Wilkinson, Deputy Sheriff Brent Jameson, and Deputy Sheriff Bliss Magly Memorial Overcrossing.

Detective Sergeant Ed Wilkinson, Deputy Sheriff Brent Jameson, and Deputy Sheriff Bliss Magly Memorial Overcrossing.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
McGuire
Last action
2025-09-03
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not specify a particular effective date.

Detective Sergeant Ed Wilkinson, Deputy Sheriff Brent Jameson, and Deputy Sheriff Bliss Magly Memorial Overcrossing

This resolution names a specific overpass on State Route 101 as the Detective Sergeant Ed Wilkinson, Deputy Sheriff Brent Jameson, and Deputy Sheriff Bliss Magly Memorial Overcrossing and requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs and erect them if sufficient donations are received from nonstate sources.

What This Bill Does

  • Names an overpass on State Route 101 after three law enforcement officers who died in service.
  • Requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs for this designation.
  • Specifies that the Department of Transportation should erect these signs if sufficient donations are received from nonstate sources.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Transportation
  • People who drive on State Route 101 near the named overpass

Terms To Know

Overcrossing
A bridge or structure that goes over a road, allowing traffic to pass above it.
Department of Transportation
The government agency responsible for building and maintaining roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It does not specify how much money is needed or when the signs will be put up.
  • This resolution only names the overpass; it does not change any laws about road safety or maintenance.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.

  3. 2025-08-28 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  4. 2025-08-28 California Legislative Information

    Read. Adopted. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2778.) Ordered to the Senate.

  5. 2025-08-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 25).

  6. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  7. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  8. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

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

  9. 2025-06-27 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2025-06-27 California Legislative Information

    From consent calendar on motion of Senator McGuire.

  11. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  12. 2025-06-23 California Legislative Information

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

  13. 2025-06-13 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing June 23.

  14. 2025-06-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 1562.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing June 10.

  16. 2025-05-21 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  17. 2025-05-13 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

Official Summary Text

SCR 78, McGuire.
Detective Sergeant Ed Wilkinson, Deputy Sheriff Brent Jameson, and Deputy Sheriff Bliss Magly Memorial Overcrossing.
This measure would designate a specified overcrossing on State Route 101 as the Detective Sergeant Ed Wilkinson, Deputy Sheriff Brent Jameson, and Deputy Sheriff Bliss Magly Memorial Overcrossing. 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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