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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          ACR 100 (Jones)
          As Amended February 1, 2010
          Majority vote 

           RULES               11-0                                        
           
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          |Ayes:|Lieu, Gaines, Adams,      |     |                          |
          |     |Fuller Furutani, Hall,    |     |                          |
          |     |Davis, Silva, Swanson,    |     |                          |
          |     |Torlakson, Yamada         |     |                          |
          |     |                          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes the month of February 2010 as "National  
          Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month," supports  
          communities in empowering teens to develop healthy and  
          violence-free relationships; and encourages Californians to  
          observe the month with appropriate programs and activities that  
          promote awareness and prevention of the crime of teen dating  
          violence in their communities.  Specifically,  this resolution   
          makes the following legislative findings:  

          1)Approximately one in three adolescent girls in the United  
            States is a victim of physical, emotional, or verbal abuse  
            from a dating partner, a figure that far exceeds victimization  
            rates for other types of violence affecting youth; and violent  
            relationships during adolescence can result in the victims  
            being at a higher risk for substance abuse, eating disorders,  
            risky sexual behavior, suicide, and adult revictimization.

          2)Digital abuse and "sexting," the electronic distribution of  
            pictures, videos, or text messages that are sexually explicit,  
            are becoming new frontiers for teen dating abuse; and, targets  
            of digital abuse are almost three times as likely to  
            contemplate suicide as those who have not encountered such  
            abuse and nearly three times more likely to have considered  
            dropping out of school.

          3)The establishment of a National Teen Dating Violence Awareness  
            and Prevention Month will benefit schools, communities,  
            families, and all youth; and, public and private organizations  
            as well as families and youth must work together to raise  
            awareness of the high incidence of teen dating violence and to  








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            promote prevention strategies.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 


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