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                                 UNFINISHED BUSINESS


          Bill No:  SCR 42
          Author:   Huff (R), et al.
          Amended:  5/19/15  
          Vote:     21  

           SENATE FLOOR:  37-0, 4/30/15
           AYES:  Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Berryhill, Block,  
            Cannella, De León, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hall, Hancock,  
            Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Lara, Leno,  
            Leyva, Liu, McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach,  
            Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Stone,  
            Wieckowski, Wolk
           NO VOTE RECORDED:  Runner, Vidak

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  76-0, 5/28/15 (Consent) - See last page for  
            vote

           SUBJECT:   Voter Awareness Week


          SOURCE:    Vote America Now


          DIGEST:  This resolution proclaims the week of October 18  
          through October 24, 2015, as Voter Awareness Week.




          Assembly Amendments delete a finding relating to the sponsors  
          promotion in the involvement of young adults in civic education  
          opportunities, and add coauthors.


          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  








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          findings:


          1)The opportunity for all eligible people to register and to  
            vote is essential to an effective democracy.


          2)There is an ongoing need to increase youth civic  
            participation.  California's voter turnout among young adults  
            is low compared to that of other states; it was only 41.6% in  
            the 2012 presidential election.


          3)Young adults who are provided with practical information about  
            voting feel more prepared to participate and become active,  
            engaged citizens who will benefit California's political  
            growth in the future.


          4)As young adults comprise a larger portion of the voting  
            population than baby boomers, it is necessary to encourage the  
            youth of our state to participate in the democratic system in  
            order to train and prepare the next generation of political  
            and civic leaders.


          This resolution proclaims the week of October 18 through 24,  
          2015, as Voter Awareness Week, and encourages all of  
          California's public schools to participate in Voter Awareness  
          Week activities.


          Prior Legislation


          SCR 123 (Wyland, Resolution Chapter 78, Statutes of 2014)  
          proclaimed the week of September 21 through September 27, 2014,  
          as Voter Awareness Week.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No








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          SUPPORT:   (Verified5/28/15)


          Vote America Now (source)


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified5/28/15)


          None received


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  76-0, 5/28/15
           AYES: Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bonilla, Bonta,  
            Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez,  
            Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd,  
            Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia,  
            Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hadley,  
            Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer,  
            Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis,  
            Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte,  
            O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon,  
            Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark  
            Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams,  
            Wood, Atkins
           NO VOTE RECORDED: Achadjian, Bloom, Gomez, Grove



          Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          5/31/15 11:31:32


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