BILL NUMBER: HR 76 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Wesson JULY 22, 2002 House Resolution No. 76--Relative to commending the Honorable Phil Wyman. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST WHEREAS, The tenure of the Honorable Phil Wyman with the California State Assembly is drawing to a close following a total of more than 17 years of exemplary service with the California State Legislature, and it is appropriate at this time to highlight the many achievements of his illustrious tenure and to extend to him the highest commendations of the people of the state; and WHEREAS, Phil Wyman's career in the California State Legislature dates back to 1978 when he won election to the Assembly, and in the 14 years following he distinguished himself as Republican Whip, Chairman of the Assembly Constitutional Amendments Committee and the Assembly Republican Policy Committee, Vice Chairman of the Assembly Republican Caucus, the Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee, the Assembly Economic Development Committee, and the Assembly Agriculture Committee, and as a member of the Little Hoover Commission and the Joint Legislative Committee on the State's Economy; and WHEREAS, During his tenure in the Assembly, he fought successfully to reinstate the death penalty, to repeal the inheritance tax, to enact the Nursing Home Reform Act, and to extend California's D.U.I. statutes to cover drugged as well as drunken drivers; and WHEREAS, As a stalwart supporter of the unborn, Phil Wyman authored California's Parental Consent Statute; he also authored legislation to equalize categorical school district funding, and presented testimony before the U.S. Supreme Court in the successful defense of Proposition 13; and WHEREAS, In a special election in 1993, he won a seat in the California State Senate, where he became a member of the Senate Agriculture & Water Resources Committee, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Senate Banking, Commerce and International Trade Committee, Energy and Public Utilities Committee, and Senate Member of the Joint Committee on Legislative Audit; and WHEREAS, During his tenure in the Senate, he became renowned as the Senate author of "Three Strikes and You're Out," which was signed into law in March 1994, and Senate author of the School Uniform Law (Senate Bill 1269), which was signed into law in August 1994; and WHEREAS, In 2000 the voters of the 34th Assembly District returned Phil Wyman to the State Assembly, where he provided far-reaching leadership as Senior Republican Whip, Vice Chairman of the Assembly International Trade and Intergovernmental Relations Committee and the Business & Professions Committee, and as member of the Banking & Finance Committee, Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee, Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Committee, Veterans Affairs Committee, Higher Education Committee, and Select Committee on the Aerospace Industry; and WHEREAS, A native of Kern County and veteran of the United States Air Force, Phil Wyman graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and minor in agricultural economics and with a Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, as well as two years of graduate studies in International Law Study at the Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, in the Philippines; and he is a member of the State Bar of California and the Supreme Court of the United States Bar; and WHEREAS, Phil Wyman is founder of the Philippine Astronomical Society, and was awarded the "Padre Faura Astronomy Medal" for the advance of science in the Philippines; he is a member of the American Legion and numerous chambers of commerce, and along with his brother, Ted Wyman, manages the Wyman Family Ranch and Campground in Tehachapi, California; and WHEREAS, Phil Wyman and his wife, Lynn, are the proud parents of three children, including Andrea Wyman Beacom, married to their son-in-law Clint Beacom, Elizabeth Wyman, a student at Point Loma Nazarene University, and David Wyman, a student at Tehachapi High School; and WHEREAS, Through his public service activities Phil Wyman has made a significant impact on the people of the 34th Assembly District and throughout the state, and he will be greatly missed by those individuals with whom he has been associated; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Members express their commendations and appreciation to their colleague, the Honorable Phil Wyman, for his outstanding record of dedicated service to his constituents and to all of the people of California, and convey to him best wishes for every success in his future endeavors.