BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 31, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard Gordon, Chair
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84 (Jackson) - As Introduced August 17, 2015
SENATE VOTE: 40-0
SUBJECT: Women's Equality Day.
SUMMARY: Recognizes August 26, 2015, as Women's Equality Day
and its historic importance to women's rights, including the
battle to attain those rights in the past, present, and future.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)The first women's rights convention on July 19, 1848, was
called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott to win
equal rights for and expand the role of women in society, and
it was then that the fight for women's rights came together as
an organized effort.
2)The addition of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States
Constitution on August 26, 1920, secured for women the right
to vote and the passage of the federal Civil Rights Act of
1964 barred employment discrimination against women.
3)The enactment of Title IX of the federal Education Amendments
of 1972 guaranteed equal opportunity for women in all aspects
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of education.
4)Despite the many efforts of policymakers and advocates, both
women and men, toward ensuring equality for women, gender
inequality persists in many areas, as evidenced by the ongoing
struggle for fair pay and equal job opportunities, job
training opportunities, access to child care, family friendly
workplaces, and against poverty, especially among women and
children.
5)Despite important steps to achieve equal access in the
workplace and to educational opportunities, women face
barriers in education and employment that are not experienced
at the same magnitude by men, including, the presence of
historical male privilege and gender bias; sex discrimination,
harassment, and sexual violence in the workplace and on
campus; the complications of having caregiving duties in the
unpaid economy; and being undervalued for their work in the
paid economy.
6)Ensuring the economic security of all California women and
their families will benefit all communities; including men,
children, and families who count on public policies to meet
their basic needs, earn a decent living, and care for their
families.
7)The United States Congress recognizes that August 26 of each
year is designated as Women's Equality Day and the President
of the United States annually issues a proclamation
commemorating August 26, 1920, as the day when the women of
the United States were first given the right to vote and
recognizes that same date in 1970 when a nationwide
demonstration for women's rights took place.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
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Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916)
319-2800