BILL ANALYSIS Ó
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SCR 65|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 65
Author: Cannella (R)
Introduced:6/10/15
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: June Dairy Month
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution proclaims the month of June to be Dairy
Month in California, in honor of the work of dairy producers in
California, and encourages all Californians to continue to
support the American dairy industry by including dairy products
as part of a healthy diet.
Senate Floor Amendments of 6/10/15 delete language relating to
the dairy industry's effect on greenhouse gas emissions and
insert language relating to dairy farming's annual retail sales.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)The national "June Dairy Month," originally known as National
Milk Month, has been an annual tradition since 1937, and is a
great opportunity for Americans to honor dairy farmers and to
recognize the importance of dairy products to a healthy diet
for many Americans.
SCR 65
Page 2
2)California is the nation's number one milk-producing state,
the number two cheese-producing state, and dairy is the
state's number one agricultural commodity.
3)Dairy foods provide essential nutrients, including 75% of the
calcium naturally available in the food supply, as well as
potassium, magnesium, and vitamin A, and milk is the number
one source of calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and vitamin D in
the American diet.
4)Dairy foods, when consumed as part of a healthy diet, may help
to reduce osteoporosis, hypertension, obesity, colon cancer,
and metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that can also
lead to heart disease and type II diabetes.
This resolution proclaims the month of June to be Dairy Month in
California, in honor of the work of dairy producers in
California, and encourages all Californians to continue to
support the American dairy industry by including dairy products
as part of a healthy diet.
Prior Legislation
ACR 156 (Valadao, 2012) would have proclaimed June 2012 to be
June Dairy Month in California. The resolution died in the
Senate Rules Committee.
ACR 64 (Valadao, Resolution Chapter 58, Statutes of 2011)
proclaimed June 2011 to be June Dairy Month in California.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SCR 65
Page 3
SUPPORT: (Verified6/4/15)
Agricultural Council of California
Western United Dairymen
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/4/15)
None received
Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
6/10/15 15:44:18
**** END ****