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Senate passes AB 2156 to designate March 31 as Farmworker Day after unanimous votes
Summary
The Senate unanimously passed AB 2156, which renames the holiday on March 31 as Farmworker Day and included an urgency clause; debate focused on honoring the collective contributions of farm workers and referenced recent victims’ accounts that informed the bill's framing.
The California State Senate voted unanimously to pass Assembly Bill 2156, which designates March 31 as Farmworker Day and was advanced with an urgency clause.
Madam Pro Tem (reading the bill title) said AB 2156 requires the governor to proclaim March 31 as Farmworker Day, noting the bill’s backdrop in recent accounts from survivors and the broader movement to recognize the contributions and struggles of farm workers. "This holiday is a recognition of a movement... whose hard work has fed this nation," the presiding…
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