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Bipartisan Assembly Unanimously Votes for Farmworkers Day in California

AB 2156, which Speaker Rivas authored with Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón and was co-authored by all 80 lawmakers in the Assembly, passed the Assembly with a 70-0 vote on Monday. It will now head to the Senate.

SACRAMENTO — On Monday, every member of the California State Assembly on both sides of the political aisle voted to designate Farmworkers Day as a state holiday.