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          Date of Hearing:   June 13, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                    SCR 30 (Jackson) - As Amended:  June 10, 2013

           SENATE VOTE  :   38-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Equal Pay Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Declares April 9, 2013, as Equal Pay Day and urges  
          the citizens of California to recognize the full value of  
          women's skills and significant contributions to the labor force.  
           Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1)Fifty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women  
            continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay.

          2)According to the United States Census Bureau, full-time women  
            working year round in 2011 earned on average 77 percent of the  
            earnings of their male counterparts, with African American  
            women earning only 68 percent and Latino women earning only 59  
            percent of wages paid to men, indicating little change or  
            progress in pay equity.

          3)In 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law,  
            which gives back to employees their day in court to challenge  
            a pay gap, but Congress has yet to pass the Paycheck Fairness  
            Act, which would amend the Equity Pay Act by closing loopholes  
            and improving the laws effectiveness.

          4)Tuesday, April 9, 2013, symbolizes the time when the wages  
            paid to American women catch up to the wages paid to men from  
            the previous year.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          California National Organization for Women
           
            Opposition 








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          None on file

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