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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SCR 30 (Jackson)
          As Amended  June 10, 2013
          Majority vote 

           SENATE VOTE  :38-0  
           
           RULES               7-1                                         
           
           -------------------------------- 
          |Ayes:|Skinner, Brown, Gonzalez, |
          |     |Nazarian, V. Manuel       |
          |     |P�rez, Quirk, Weber       |
          |     |                          |
          |-----+--------------------------|
          |Nays:|Wilk                      |
          |     |                          |
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           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% of the  
            earnings of their male counterparts, with African American  
            women earning only 68% and Latino women earning only 59% 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 Equal Pay Act by closing loopholes  
            and improving the law's 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.









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           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None


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



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