BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
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84 (Jackson)
As Introduced August 17, 2015
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE: 40-0
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |11-0 |Gordon, Chang, Burke, | |
| | |Campos, Cooley, Dodd, | |
| | |Jones, Mayes, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Waldron, | |
| | |Wood | |
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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
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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 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
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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.
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0001769