CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 21Introduced by Assembly Member FloraJanuary 24, 2025 Relative to the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 21, as introduced, Flora. Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway.This measure would designate an unspecified section of State Highway 99 as the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: YES Bill TextWHEREAS, Harminder Grewal was sworn in as a Police Officer with the City of Galt Police Department on February 25, 2019; and WHEREAS, Officer Grewal had an immediate impact during his short career with the Galt Police Department, where his desire to do the best he could each day resulted in awards in his first full year; and WHEREAS, Officer Grewal was awarded Officer of the Year, a selection by his peers for his work ethic and integrity, which inspired others to perform at their highest levels; and WHEREAS, Officer Grewal was awarded the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) award for 2020 based on the number of DUI arrests he made that year; and WHEREAS, Officer Grewal served the Galt Police Officers Association as Treasurer, and he was near completion of his bachelors degree; and WHEREAS, On Sunday, August 22, 2021, after two and a half years of exemplary service to the City of Galt, Officer Grewal was traveling northbound on State Highway 99 on his way to assist with the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County; and WHEREAS, Just north of Dillard Road in Sacramento County, a pickup truck traveling southbound on State Highway 99 hit the center median, broke through a barrier, and entered the northbound lanes, striking the patrol vehicle head-on and causing grievous injuries to Officer Grewal; and WHEREAS, Officer Grewal ultimately succumbed to those injuries on Thursday, August 26, 2021; and WHEREAS, Officer Grewal, who is survived by his parents, brother, and countless other family, friends, and loved ones, will be remembered for his hard work and dedication to professionalism in law enforcement and profoundly missed by all; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the section of State Highway 99 between ____ and ____ as the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway; and be it further Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 21Introduced by Assembly Member FloraJanuary 24, 2025 Relative to the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 21, as introduced, Flora. Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway.This measure would designate an unspecified section of State Highway 99 as the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: YES
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 21
Introduced by Assembly Member FloraJanuary 24, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Flora
January 24, 2025
Relative to the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 21, as introduced, Flora. Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate an unspecified section of State Highway 99 as the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs.
This measure would designate an unspecified section of State Highway 99 as the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, Harminder Grewal was sworn in as a Police Officer with the City of Galt Police Department on February 25, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Officer Grewal had an immediate impact during his short career with the Galt Police Department, where his desire to do the best he could each day resulted in awards in his first full year; and
WHEREAS, Officer Grewal was awarded Officer of the Year, a selection by his peers for his work ethic and integrity, which inspired others to perform at their highest levels; and
WHEREAS, Officer Grewal was awarded the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) award for 2020 based on the number of DUI arrests he made that year; and
WHEREAS, Officer Grewal served the Galt Police Officers Association as Treasurer, and he was near completion of his bachelors degree; and
WHEREAS, On Sunday, August 22, 2021, after two and a half years of exemplary service to the City of Galt, Officer Grewal was traveling northbound on State Highway 99 on his way to assist with the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County; and
WHEREAS, Just north of Dillard Road in Sacramento County, a pickup truck traveling southbound on State Highway 99 hit the center median, broke through a barrier, and entered the northbound lanes, striking the patrol vehicle head-on and causing grievous injuries to Officer Grewal; and
WHEREAS, Officer Grewal ultimately succumbed to those injuries on Thursday, August 26, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Officer Grewal, who is survived by his parents, brother, and countless other family, friends, and loved ones, will be remembered for his hard work and dedication to professionalism in law enforcement and profoundly missed by all; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the section of State Highway 99 between ____ and ____ as the Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.