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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 22
Author: Evans (D), et al.
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Denim Day
California
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the month of April 2013 as
Sexual Assault Awareness Month, recognizes April 24, 2013, as
Denim Day California, and encourages everyone to wear jeans on
that day to help communicate the message that there is no excuse
for, and never an invitation to commit, rape.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. In 2011, there were 7,763 reported cases of forcible rape in
California.
2. According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual
Violence Survey, nearly one in five women have been the
victim of an attempted or completed rape and over one million
women are raped a year in the United States.
3. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
reports that there are over 22 million survivors of rape
throughout the United States and two million of those
survivors of rape are currently living in the State of
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California.
4. Women, children, and men are all victims of sexual assault,
and it is estimated that nearly one in two women and one in
five men experience sexual violence other than rape
throughout their lifetime.
5. In addition to the immediate physical and emotional costs,
sexual assault may also have severe and long-lasting
consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder, substance
abuse, major depression, homelessness, eating disorders, and
suicide.
6. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
identified sexual assault as a significant, costly, and
preventable health issue, and a coalition of rape crisis
centers and their allies, known as the California Coalition
Against Sexual Assault, has emerged to directly confront this
crisis with the cooperation of law enforcement agencies,
churches, and health care providers.
7. Nations and states throughout the world have followed the
lead of the Italian Parliament by designating their own
"Denim Day" to raise public awareness about rape and sexual
assault.
This resolution designates the month of April 2013 as Sexual
Assault Awareness Month, recognizes April 24, 2013, as Denim Day
California, and encourages everyone to wear jeans on that day to
help communicate the message that there is no excuse for, and
never an invitation to commit, rape.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
JG:k 3/13/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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