Senate Concurrent ResolutionChaptered/Signed
SCR 15: Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.
What SCR 15 does, verified December 7, 2025
This measure would proclaim January as "substance use disorder treatment month" to raise awareness about substance use disorder treatment and its importance in the state. The proclamation aims to promote education, prevention, and support for individuals struggling with substance use disorders. It would also highlight the efforts of treatment providers, support groups, and other organizations working to combat substance use disorders.
Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
✓Second ChamberComplete
✓GovernorComplete
6ChapteredCurrent
Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2025. (2025-03-04)Alert me
Author and sponsors
Full contact details, staff, and committees with Connect, $16/moUnlockRecent actions7 total · showing 5
| Mar. 04, 2025 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2025. |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Feb. 19, 2025 | From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (February 18). |
| Feb. 03, 2025 | Referred to Com. on RLS. |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | In Assembly. Held at Desk. |
Latest bill textChaptered version, March 4, 2025 · 294 words
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15
CHAPTER 16
Relative to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.
[ Filed with Secretary of State March 04, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 15, Umberg. Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.
This measure would proclaim January as “Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month.”
WHEREAS, Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines “drug overdose” as a trauma to the body that happens when a drug is taken in excessive amounts; and
WHEREAS, Addiction to opioids is driving the majority of accidental deaths in the United States; and
WHEREAS, In 2023, 105,007 deaths due to drug overdose occurred in the United States; and
WHEREAS, 7,000 Californians died from opioid-related overdoses in 2022; and
WHEREAS, The opioid crisis has devastated communities in California, which has prompted an urgent discussion about the risks of addiction associated with overreliance on prescription medication for pain management; and
WHEREAS, There is need to ensure patient access to safe and effective pain management treatment and the need to support physicians providing this treatment; and
WHEREAS, Awareness of, and access to, nonopioid pharmacological treatment for pain management is vitally important to California’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis and should be considered by physicians to address a patient’s pain; and
WHEREAS, The proliferation of sober living homes and substance use disorder treatment facilities, particularly in Southern California’s “Rehab Riviera,” has raised concerns about the quality of care and regulatory oversight of such facilities; and now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Senate declares January as Substance Use Disorder Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
Text of SCR 15 as chaptered, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions