BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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76 (Jones)
As Introduced May 19, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |10-0 |Gordon, Chang, | |
| | |Campos, Cooley, | |
| | |Dodd, Jones, Mayes, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Waldron, | |
| | |Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Commemorates the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)In response to the accumulation of grievances, heavy taxation,
and unsuccessful wars, a group of rebellious barons forced King
John of England to agree to limitations on royal power and
submit to the rule of law by affixing his seal to a charter of
liberties known to posterity as Magna Carta, Latin for the Great
Charter, on June 15, 1215, at a meadow beside the river Thames
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called Runnymede, near Windsor.
2)Magna Carta is an early milestone along the path toward freedom
and constitutional government, followed by the development of
Parliament in the 1260s, the 1606 First Charter of Virginia, the
1620 Mayflower Compact and other colonial charters, the 1628
Petition of Rights, the 1679 Habeas Corpus Act, and 1689 English
Bill of Rights, the 1776 American Declaration of Independence,
the 1787 United States Constitution, the 1789 United States Bill
of Rights, and the 1948 United Nations' Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.
3)In too many parts of the world, the right to jury trial, habeas
corpus, the rule of law, fair legal procedures, reasonable
taxation, and the proposition that no government is above the
law, principles either enshrined or foreshadowed by Magna Carta,
remain goals yet to be attained.
4)For as long as people celebrate freedom under law, Magna Carta
will remain an inspiring example of a people's ability to resist
tyranny and arbitrary government and will remain "the Great
Charter" of liberties.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0000914
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