SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SR 78
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Bill No: SR 78
Author: Cabaldon (D), et al.
Introduced: 2/9/26
Vote: Majority
SUBJECT: Japanese American concentration camps
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution declares February 19, 2026, as a Day of Remembrance
in this state to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the
incarceration of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive
Order 9066 (EO9066), under which more than 125,000 people of Japanese
ancestry were incarcerated in 10 concentration camps scattered throughout
western states during World War II.
2) Despite their families being incarcerated behind barbed wire in the United
States, approximately 33,000 veterans of Japanese ancestry fought bravely for
our country during World War II, serving in the 100th Infantry Battalion, the
442nd Regimental Combat Team, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, and the
Military Intelligence Service.
3) On February 20, 2020, the Assembly of the State of California adopted House
Resolution 77, which apologized to all Americans of Japanese ancestry for its
past actions in support of the unjust exclusion, removal, and incarceration of
Japanese Americans during World War II, and for its failure to support and
defend the civil rights and civil liberties of Japanese Americans during this
period.
4) Given recent national events, it is all the more important to learn from the
mistakes of the past and to ensure that such an assault on freedom will never
again happen to any community in the United States.
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This resolution declares February 19, 2026, as a Day of Remembrance in this state
to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the incarceration of
Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
Related/Prior Legislation
SR 61 (Min, 2024) – Adopted in the Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
SUPPORT: (Verified 2/17/26)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified 2/17/26)
None received
Prepared by: Aizenia Randhawa / SFA / (916) 651-4171
2/18/26 16:06:04
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