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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 127
          Author:   Bonta (D), et al.
          Amended:  5/27/14 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 5/15/14 (Consent) - See last page for  
            vote


           SUBJECT  :    Bataan Death March Veterans Commemoration Day

           SOURCE  :     California Senior Legislature


           DIGEST  :    This resolution declares April 9, 2014, and every  
          April 9th thereafter, as Bataan Death March Veterans  
          Commemoration Day.

           Senate Floor Amendments  of 5/27/14 add additional "whereas"  
          clause relating to labor in prison camps; add co-authors; and  
          make minor changes.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1. On April 9, 1942, during World War II, Japanese Army forced  
             78,000 Filipino and American soldiers to march 82 miles from  
             Bataan to Camp O'Donnell.

          2. Approximately 10,000 Filipino and American soldiers lost  
             their lives during the march.

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          3. Californians owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers who gave  
             up their freedom and perished in service of their countries  
             to preserve our freedoms and our lives.

          4. The sacrifices made by American and Filipino veterans during  
             the Bataan Death March have received little state recognition  
             in California.

          5. The United States Federal Government annually recognizes  
             April 9th, as National Former Prisoner of War Day.

          This resolution declares that April 9, 2014, and each ninth day  
          of April hereafter, is designated and commemorated as Bataan  
          Death March Veterans Commemoration Day.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/28/14)

          California Senior Legislature (source)
          Veterans' Caucus of the California Democratic Party

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 5/15/14
          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, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,  
            Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,  
            Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,  
            Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, 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:  Mansoor, Vacancy


          AL:d  5/28/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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