BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SCR 68| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SCR 68 Author: Galgiani (D), et al. Amended: 6/29/15 Vote: 21 SENATE FLOOR: 40-0, 6/08/15 AYES: Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, De León, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hall, Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Runner, Stone, Vidak, Wieckowski, Wolk ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 6/29/15 SUBJECT: California Invasive Species Action Week SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This resolution declares June 6-14, 2015, inclusive, as the 2015 California Invasive Species Action Week. Assembly Amendments add coauthors. ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1)Invasive species which include plants, animals, insects, SCR 68 Page 2 diseases, and other biological organisms that are nonnative to California, threaten California's environment, economy, water, natural resources, agriculture, and climate adaptation. 2)The destructive impact of invasive species is profound, affecting California's cropland, rangeland, forests, parks, wildlands, and waterways, and causing enormous losses of private, state, and federal resources through decreased land productivity, degradation of wildlife habitat, and outright destruction of crops, livestock, wetlands, watersheds, and recreational areas. 3)Scientists estimate the costs to prevent, monitor, and control invasive species combined with the costs of damages to crops, fisheries, forests, and other natural resources cost the United States $137 billion annually. This resolution declares June 6-14, 2015, inclusive, as the 2015 California Invasive Species Action Week; and encourages all Californians to participate in activities that raise awareness of invasive species issues and take action to prevent their spread. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:NoLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified6/29/15) AFSCME OPPOSITION: (Verified6/29/15) None received SCR 68 Page 3 Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520 7/1/15 10:43:12 **** END ****