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                                                                  SCR 22
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          Date of Hearing:   June 17, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   SCR 22 (Evans) - As Introduced:  March 12, 2013

           SENATE VOTE :   37-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day  
          California.

           SUMMARY  :   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.  Specifically,  this  
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)The American Medical Association has stated that a "woman is  
            raped every 46 seconds in the United States" and that sexual  
            assault is a "silent epidemic;" and, it is estimated that  
            nearly one in two women and one in five men experience sexual  
            violence other than rape throughout their lifetime.

          2)The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey  
            reports that there are more than 22 million survivors of rape  
            in the Untied States; and, 2 million of those survivors live  
            in California impacting women, children, and men of all racial  
            and economic backgrounds.

          3)Denim Day has been designated to bring awareness about rape  
            and sexual assault; and, rape prevention and education efforts  
            are underway in California to challenge the societal myths and  
            behaviors that perpetuate rape and to engage communities in a  
            common goal of ending sexual assault.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file
           
           Opposition 








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          None on file

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800