BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 74
Author: Correa (D), et al
Amended: 5/10/10 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 33-0, 4/19/10
AYES: Aanestad, Alquist, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo,
Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Denham, DeSaulnier,
Ducheny, Dutton, Hancock, Harman, Huff, Kehoe, Leno, Liu,
Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price,
Romero, Runner, Simitian, Strickland, Walters, Wolk,
Wright, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Florez, Hollingsworth, Maldonado,
Oropeza, Steinberg, Wiggins, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 05/13/10 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Senior Volunteer Month
SOURCE : California Senior Legislature
DIGEST : This resolution declares May 2010 as Senior
Volunteer Month to honor the contributions of Californias
senior volunteers.
Assembly amendments added co-authors and made technical
changes.
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ANALYSIS :
This resolution makes the following Legislative findings:
1. Each May, Americans observe Older Americans Month and
celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of older
Americans.
2. Many local governments have proclaimed May to be Older
Americans Month.
3. Senior volunteers serve congregate and home-delivered
meals, engage in assisted senior activities, work for
the prevention of elder abuse, and provide health care
counseling, legal assistance, and transportation.
4. Volunteer work is performed for Alzheimer's patients,
grandchildren, community organizations, schools,
churches, hospitals, and many other nonprofit
organizations.
5. In 1999, a national survey showed senior citizens'
volunteer work hours totaled approximately 5.5 billion
hours a year at an estimated value of $71.2 billion.
Forty-five percent of seniors reported volunteering in
neighborhoods, 54 percent of senior volunteers were
both full- or part-time employed, and 45 percent of
retired seniors volunteered four or more hours weekly.
Eighty-one percent of those over 75 years of age
volunteer when asked.
6. Many local governments, nonprofit organizations, and
senior centers recognize senior volunteers once a year
by providing honorary certificates.
7. Many senior volunteers are in better health and live
longer due to advancements in medical science.
8. A major motivator for senior volunteers is their
desire to give back to society financially or socially.
9. The 2005 White House Conference on Aging resolved to
"develop a national strategy for promoting new and
meaningful volunteer activities and civil engagements
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for current and future seniors" because volunteerism is
very important to the fabric of American society.
10. The 2005 White House Conference on Aging resolved to
"reauthorize the National and Community Service Act of
1990 to expand opportunities for volunteer and civic
engagement activities" because volunteerism greatly
assists many nonprofit organizations.
This resolution declares May 2010 to be "Senior Volunteer
Month" to honor the contributions of California's senior
volunteers.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/13/10)
California Senior Legislature (source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava,
Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Caballero, Norby, Skinner, Vacancy
CTW:do 5/14/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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