BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: August 31, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SCR 125 (Hollingsworth and Steinberg) - As Introduced: August
20, 2010
SENATE VOTE : 34-0
SUBJECT : Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day.
SUMMARY : Designates September 25, 2010, as Eunice Kennedy
Shriver Day and urges individuals and families who have had no
prior involvement with Special Olympics or Best Buddies to
contact their local Special Olympics program or visit
www.eksday.org and participate. Specifically, this resolution
makes the following legislative findings:
1)Eunice Kennedy Shriver founder of the Special Olympics
movement and long-time supporter of Best Buddies, was the
leading international advocate for the rights of people with
intellectual disabilities.
2)For more that half a century, until her passing in 2009,
Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a tireless champion for people with
intellectual disabilities that still live with diminished
opportunities and social disrespect, and are often neglected
and hidden away.
3)On Saturday, September 25, 2010, California will participate
in the first annual Global Eunice Kennedy Shriver (EKS) Day,
an annual celebration of her life and a global call to action
for people to commit actions of inclusion, acceptance, and
unity for and with people with intellectual disabilities.
4)People will commit to perform Eunice Kennedy Shriver Acts (EKS
Acts) of inclusion and acceptance for and with persons with
intellectual disabilities, among other things, volunteering in
a special education classroom or vocational center, becoming a
coach for Special Olympics, and offering support to a parent
of a child with intellectual disabilities.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
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Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Lia Lopez / RLS. / (916) 319-2800