Senate Concurrent ResolutionChaptered/Signed
SCR 59: Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.
What SCR 59 does, verified December 7, 2025
This measure would encourage all Californians to support the arts and recognize April 2025 as a significant time to appreciate and celebrate the arts, culture, and creativity of all Californians. It aims to promote arts and culture throughout the state, fostering a culture of creativity and innovation. By recognizing the importance of arts and culture, the measure seeks to inspire Californians to engage with and support local arts and cultural events.
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Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 82, Statutes of 2025. (2025-05-23)Alert me
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| May. 29, 2025 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 82, Statutes of 2025. |
| May. 29, 2025 | Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m. |
| May. 23, 2025 | Read. Adopted. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1666.) Ordered to the Senate. |
| May. 23, 2025 | In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| May. 23, 2025 | Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. |
Latest bill textChaptered version, May 29, 2025 · 560 words
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 59
CHAPTER 82
Relative to Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.
[ Filed with Secretary of State May 29, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 59, Allen. Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.
This measure would encourage all Californians to support the arts and would recognize April 2025 as a significant time to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate the arts, culture, and creativity of all Californians.
WHEREAS, Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month of April is the seventh annual statewide celebration; and
WHEREAS, In 2019, the Legislature adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 33 proclaiming every April as Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month; and
WHEREAS, Arts, culture, and creativity are essential drivers of health, hope, and healing within California communities, with critical impacts on economic development and innovation and the social forces necessary to drive progress, build community, educate youth, advance racial justice, and create jobs; and
WHEREAS, Exposure to the arts positively impacts health through reducing stress hormones and depression, increasing longevity and cognitive well-being, and fostering interpersonal connection through regular engagement and attendance at cultural events; and
WHEREAS, Youth access to arts education and creative programming provides meaningful benefits to hope and perspective, fosters a sense of community and personal fulfillment, and inspires optimism and resilience in the face of challenges; and
WHEREAS, Engagement with creative outlets and activities and with cultural experiences provides unique opportunities for healing, offering therapeutic and restorative experiences that enhance well-being, cultivate mental and physical health, and support emotional recovery; and
WHEREAS, Retaining and supporting cultural diversity is essential for healthy, equitable, and thriving communities, and access to art is essential to individual health and community well-being by providing access to joyful engagement with arts and providing mental health benefits and improved well-being in each aspect of life; and
WHEREAS, Art work is real work, and California employs the highest number of people in creative industries — architecture, entertainment, fashion, media, and publishing — than any other state in the nation; and
WHEREAS, California is now the fourth largest economy in the world with a creative economy, according to the recently released Otis Report on the Creative Economy in 2021, with approximately $504 billion in direct economic impact and an estimated $978.6 billion when combined direct, induced, and indirect factors are considered, representing a workforce of over 1,800,000 workers and 7.6 percent of the state’s GDP; and
WHEREAS, State support for the arts, arts education, and cultural bearers is crucial in order to achieve equitable access to the arts throughout California, and it is imperative for all California children and youth to have access to arts education and cultural institutions in their schools; and
WHEREAS, In a state as diverse as California, the arts serve to give a voice to many communities, spark individual creativity, foster empathy and understanding, spur civic engagement, and serve as a continual source of personal enrichment, inspiration, and growth; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature encourages all Californians to deepen support for arts in our schools and uplift and expand opportunities in our creative workforce; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes April 2025 as a significant time to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate the arts, culture, and creativity of all Californians; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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