BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SR 10| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: SR 10 Author: Stone (R), Allen (D), Block (D), Hertzberg (D), Huff (R), Jackson (D), Leno (D), Morrell (R), Nielsen (R), Vidak (R), and Wolk (D) Amended: As introduced Vote: Majority SUBJECT : Liberation of Auschwitz, 70th anniversary SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This resolution commemorates January 27, 2015, as the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and mourns the loss of six million Jewish people in the Holocaust. ANALYSIS : This resolution states that one million Jews and thousands of others were persecuted, tortured, and ultimately killed in the gas chambers at Auschwitz; and on January 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated over 7,000 remaining prisoners. This resolution provides that the State Senate condemns any efforts to strip any person of his/her basic human rights and seeks to protect the civil rights and liberties of all people, regardless of race, color, creed, or sexual orientation, and seeks to set an example that all people shall be respected and shall have the freedom to live a life in peace with all the protections afforded by the California Constitution and the United States Constitution. This resolution commemorates January 27, 2015, as the 70th SR 10 Page 2 anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and mourns the loss of six million Jewish people in the Holocaust. FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No MW:m 1/28/15 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END ****