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          Date of Hearing:   August 20, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  HR 40 (Bonilla) - As Introduced:  August 16, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   Women in sports.

           SUMMARY  :   Commemorates the 40th anniversary of Title IX, 
          commends the movement toward increased equality and fair 
          treatment of female athletes, and praises the goals of greater 
          opportunities in sports for girls and young women in California. 
           Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative 
          findings:

          1)For the first time in United States Olympic history, women 
            athletes outnumbered men, 269 to 261 in the 2012 London 
            Olympics; and, nearly 3 months after the 40th anniversary of 
            Title IX, 58 of the United States' 104 medals were awarded to 
            women or women's teams with 29 of them gold.

          2)Of the total number of medals claimed by the United States, 
            Californians brought home more medals than any other state.

          3)Every country that participated in the Olympics was 
            represented by at least one woman for the first time in 
            Olympic history; and, this advancement is significant to women 
            all over the world.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 










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