Assembly Concurrent ResolutionChaptered/Signed
ACR 23: Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week.
What ACR 23 does, verified December 6, 2025
The bill recognizes the third week of May as Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week in California. This week-long celebration aims to acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions who support and advocate for mental health awareness and reform. The bill seeks to promote a culture of acceptance, understanding, and inclusion, highlighting the importance of peer support in the mental health community.
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Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 87, Statutes of 2025. (2025-05-08)Alert me
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| Jun. 25, 2025 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 87, Statutes of 2025. |
| Jun. 25, 2025 | Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 1 p.m. |
| Jun. 19, 2025 | Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1664.) |
| Jun. 19, 2025 | In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. |
| Jun. 19, 2025 | Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0.) |
Latest bill textChaptered version, June 25, 2025 · 339 words
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 23
CHAPTER 87
Relative to Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week.
[ Filed with Secretary of State June 25, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 23, Quirk-Silva. Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week.
This bill would recognize the 3rd week of May 2025 as Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week in California.
WHEREAS, Peers, individuals living with mental or behavioral health challenges, possess the unique understanding and empathy, or lived experience, to encourage, engage, and support other peers on their journey to recovery, health, and wellness; and
WHEREAS, Peers can leverage their lived experience to inform local, state, and federal decisionmakers on how policies and legislation impact the availability of, and timely access to, mental and behavioral health services and supports; and
WHEREAS, There is a need to increase peer civic engagement in order to ensure that decisionmakers have the insights necessary to make people-centered, informed decisions, understanding how these decisions affect the lives of countless adults, children, adolescents, and families within the health and human services industry; and
WHEREAS, Peer voices are vital to developing a more just and robust continuum of care in California, as the state transforms its behavioral health care system and implements the Behavioral Health Services Act; and
WHEREAS, California is facing a behavioral health workforce shortage, and peers can become certified Medi-Cal peer support specialists and work with county behavioral health agencies to help close the gap in access to services and supports; and
WHEREAS, Medi-Cal peer support specialists are trained providers who use their lived experience to engage peers using the recovery model and the principles and values of peer support to provide hope and support and to be a role model of recovery; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes the third week of May 2025, during National Mental Health Awareness Month, as Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week in California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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