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THIRD READING
Bill No: AJR 48
Author: Rodriguez (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 8/18/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Federal memorials: emergency medical services
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution urges the President and Congress of
the United States to enact legislation to authorize the National
Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation (Memorial
Foundation) to establish the National Emergency Medical Services
Memorial (Memorial) in Washington, D.C.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Emergency medical service (EMS) providers are the first line
of defense in the prevention and mitigation of harm from
terrorist attacks, man-made incidents, and natural disasters;
2.Men and women serve as career and volunteer EMS providers,
maintaining the domestic tranquility, safety, and security of
the country;
3.Nationally, each year, 850,000 EMS providers across the
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country answer more than 30 million calls to serve 22 million
patients in need of prehospital care and comfort at a moment's
notice and without reservation;
4.Statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor and the
National Highway Safety Administration indicate that EMS
providers die in the line of duty at a rate more than twice
the national average for all occupations and for deaths
resulting from violence, at a rate of seven times higher than
all other health care workers in service to the country;
5.The Memorial Foundation, established in 2007, seeks to give
these silent heroes a fitting memorial and their loved ones,
coworkers, and counterparts a permanent place to remember
those the country has lost; and
6.Legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives on
May 20, 2014, to authorize the Memorial Foundation to
establish the Memorial.
This resolution urges the President and Congress of the U.S. to
enact legislation to authorize the Memorial Foundation to
establish the Memorial, honoring the commitment and ultimate
sacrifice of EMS providers.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 8/18/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gomez, Mullin, Vacancy
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JG:k 8/19/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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