BILL NUMBER: HR 63	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Salas, Irwin, and Rendon
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian,   Alejo,   Arambula,  
Atkins,   Baker,   Bigelow,   Bloom, 
 Bonilla,   Bonta,   Brough,   Brown,
  Calderon,   Campos,   Chang,  
Chau,   Ch�vez,   Chu,   Cooley, 
 Cooper,   Dababneh,   Dahle,   Daly,
  Dodd,   Eggman,  Frazier,  
Beth Gaines,   Gallagher,   Cristina Garcia, 
 Eduardo Garcia,   Gatto,   Gipson,  
Gomez,   Gonzalez,   Gordon,   Grove,
  Hadley,   Harper,  Holden,  
Jones,   Jones-Sawyer,   Kim,   Lackey,
  Levine,   Linder,   Lopez,  
Low,   Maienschein,   Mathis,   Mayes,
  Medina,   Melendez,   Mullin,  
Nazarian,   Obernolte,   O'Donnell,  
Olsen,   Patterson,   Quirk,   Rodriguez,
  Steinorth,   Mark Stone,   Wagner, 
 Waldron,   Weber,   Wilk,  
Williams,  and Wood   ) 

                        AUGUST 11, 2016

   Relative to Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, The history of Gold Star Families began in the United
States shortly after World War I to provide support for mothers who
lost sons or daughters in the war; and
   WHEREAS, The reference to the Gold Star comes from the custom of
families of servicemen or servicewomen hanging a service flag in the
window of their homes displaying a blue star for every living family
member in the service and a gold star for those who have perished;
and
   WHEREAS, The United States began observing Gold Star Mothers' Day
on the last Sunday of September in 1936, and the Gold Star Wives was
formed before the end of World War II; and
   WHEREAS, Since 2009, United States President Barack Obama has
issued annual proclamations designating the last Sunday in September
as Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day; and
   WHEREAS, The strength of our military is built upon the men and
women who serve in uniform and the families who support them; and
   WHEREAS, Since the start of the War on Terrorism more than 6,800
members of the United States Armed Forces have lost their lives; and
   WHEREAS, The families of our fallen soldiers have made a
tremendous sacrifice on behalf of our country; and
   WHEREAS, All Gold Star Families deserve to be recognized by our
local, state, and federal leaders for their sacrifices and for their
dedicated and patriotic support of the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Supporting Gold Star Families who have lost loved ones to
combat demonstrates the commitment of the American people to those
families now and in the future; and
   WHEREAS, As a nation, we must continually look for new ways to
support Gold Star Families both in the days immediately following the
tragedy and in the years that follow; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly hereby proclaims September 25, 2016, as Gold Star Mothers'
and Families' Day in California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall transmit
copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.