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SCR 90

Authors

Grove

Subject

Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Highway.

Relating To

Title

Relative to the Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Highway.

Last Action Dt

2025-09-03

State

Chaptered

Status

Chaptered

Active?

Vote Required

None

Appropriation

None

Fiscal Committee

Yes

Local Program

None

Substantive Changes

None

Urgency

None

Tax Levy

None

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2025-09-03		Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
2025-09-03		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 164, Statutes of 2025.
2025-08-28		Read. Adopted. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2778.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-28		In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-08-26		From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 25).
2025-07-14		Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-07-10		Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2042.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-07-10		In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-07-08		Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-07-07		From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
2025-07-01		Set for hearing July 7.
2025-06-25		From committee: Be adopted and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 1741.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-13		Set for hearing June 24.
2025-06-11		Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-04		Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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Chaptered		2025-09-03
Enrolled		2025-08-29
Introduced		2025-06-04

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				<html:p>WHEREAS, In 1903, Young was then appointed acting superintendent of Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, becoming the first black superintendent of a national park; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Young, in one summer, accomplished more than the previous three officers assigned to the park through the management of extensive road construction, along with the improvement of the underdeveloped park, which allowed more visitors to enjoy the park than ever before; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, In his final report on the Sequoia Park to the Secretary of the Interior, Young recommended the acquisition of privately held lands there to secure more park area for future generations, from which legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Brigadier General Young was posthumously promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General, effective November 1, 2021; and</html:p>
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					 That the designation in honor of Colonel Charles Young made by Assembly Concurrent Resolution 142 (Resolution Chapter 143 of the Statutes of 2018) designating a specified portion of State Highway 198 as the Colonel Charles Young Memorial Highway is hereby rescinded; and be it further
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					 That the Legislature pays tribute to the memory of Brigadier General Charles Young, a distinguished American who dedicated his life to the service of the State of California and the United States, by redesignating the portion of State Highway 198, extending from the postmile marker starting at Salt Creek Road (41.226) on State Highway 198 to the end at Sequoia National Park in the County of Tulare, as the Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Highway; and be it further
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					 That the Department of Transportation is requested to update the signs identifying this highway consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system; and be it further
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					 That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.
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This measure would redesignate a portion of State Highway 198, as described, in the County of Tulare as the Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to update the signs identifying this highway, as specified.