CaliforniaCalifornia designated a week to raise mosquito awareness
California designated April 19 through April 25, 2026, as Mosquito Awareness Week to draw attention to mosquito risks and control efforts.
What it does
The Legislature designated April 19 through April 25, 2026, as Mosquito Awareness Week in California.
Argument forThe awareness week could help people learn how to reduce breeding sites and avoid bites, which may help lower disease risks.
Argument againstThe week may draw attention to mosquito control work, but a single awareness week might not lead people to take lasting steps to reduce mosquito breeding sites.
More detail
The Legislature designated April 19 through April 25, 2026, as Mosquito Awareness Week. The designation applies throughout California. The designated week ran from April 19 through April 25, 2026, inclusive.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 12Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 63, Statutes of 2026.Became Law
- May 12Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.To Governor
- May 7In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded Special Consent ACR170 Wallis et al. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4170.)Major
- May 5Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Apr 29From committee: Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 21In Senate. To Com. on RLS.Minor
- Apr 20Adopted and to Senate. (Page 4729.)Passed 2nd Chamber
- Vote recorded ACR 170 Wallis Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 20Coauthors revised.
- Apr 13From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13).Passed 1st Chamber
- Vote recorded Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 6Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Mar 27From printer.
- Mar 26Introduced. To print.Introduced
Public SafetyHealthcareEmergency Management