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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SR 64
          Author:   Jackson (D)
          Introduced:2/25/16  
          Vote:     Majority  

           SUBJECT:   Womens History Month


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:          This resolution proclaims the month of March 2016 as  
          Women's History Month.
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)American women of every culture, class, and ethnic background  
            have participated in the founding and building of our nation,  
            made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our  
            nation, and played a critical role in shaping the economic,  
            cultural, and social fabric of our society, not in the least  
            of ways through their participation in the labor force,  
            working both inside and outside the home.


          2)Women have been leaders in every movement for social change,  
            including their own movement for suffrage and equal rights,  
            the fight for emancipation, the struggle to organize labor  
            unions, and the Civil Rights Movement, as well as leading the  
            call for peace and organizing to preserve the environment.


          3)The achievements of women who have gone before us will enable  
            contemporary women and men to create tomorrow's history by  








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            working toward an end to physical and sexual violence against  
            women, discrimination and harassment in employment, and the  
            relegation to poverty status of many women, and by advocating  
            for the full participation of women in the economic and  
            political arena, the provision of adequate child care, respect  
            for those who choose homemaking and motherhood as their  
            career, and equal access to all of the opportunities this  
            great nation has to offer.


          This resolution proclaims the month of March 2016 as Women's  
          History Month.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified3/9/16)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified3/9/16)


          None received





          Prepared by:  Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          3/9/16 16:34:38


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