BILL ANALYSIS Ó HR 10 Page 1 Date of Hearing: March 14, 2011 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES Nancy Skinner, Chair HR 10 (Hayashi and Swanson) - As Introduced: March 7, 2011 (As proposed to be amended) SUBJECT : Chief Justice Earl Warren Day. SUMMARY : Designates March 19, 2011, and each March 19 thereafter, as Chief Justice Earl Warren Day. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1)Earl Warren was born March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, was raised and educated in the public schools of Bakersfield and lived to see his concepts of American society accepted by most of the nation despite bitter and continuing controversy. 2)During 1939-1943, Earl Warren served as California's Attorney General; and in 1942 Earl Warren was elected Governor of California. He served as Governor for three terms and had unprecedented bipartisan support during the elections of 1942, 1946, and 1950. 3)Earl Warren lived simply in the Governor's mansion with his wife and six children and walked the town's streets often, usually from the Governor's Mansion to the Capitol. 4)On September 30, 1953, President Eisenhower nominated Earl Warren to be the 14th Chief Justice of the United States. Earl Warren resigned as Governor and was sworn into office in the Supreme Court chamber on October 5. 5)On May 14, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the landmark opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, holding that segregated public schools violated the 14th Amendment. FISCAL EFFECT : None. COMMENTS : Committee staff recommends adopting committee amendments to correct the year referenced on page 1 of the decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka to 1954. REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION : HR 10 Page 2 Support None on file. Opposition None on file. Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800