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          Bill No:  SCR 86
          Author:   Hueso (D)
          Amended:  6/19/14
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE FLOOR  :  33-1, 5/27/14
          AYES:  Anderson, Beall, Block, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De  
            Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Leno, Lieu, Mitchell,  
            Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley, Roth, Steinberg,  
            Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
          NOES:  Knight
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Berryhill, Calderon, Lara, Liu, Wright, Yee

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  73-0, 6/26/14 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT :    Heavy school backpacks

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution acknowledges the health risks that  
          heavy backpacks pose to schoolchildren and recommends that  
          certain measures be taken in order to avoid injury.

           Assembly Amendments  make technical changes.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1. Overloaded school backpacks are causing an increasing problem  
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             of back pain and spinal strain in pupils in elementary and  
             secondary schools across the nation.

          2. Because spinal ligaments and muscles are not fully developed  
             until after 16 years of age, overweight backpacks are a  
             source of repeated low-level stress that may result in  
             chronic neck, shoulder, or back pain in children and reviews  
             of data have revealed over 7,000 emergency room visits, and  
             over 28,000 doctor's office visits, per year by children for  
             backpack-related injuries.

          3. Pupils' textbooks are much heavier now than many years ago  
             and, in addition to textbooks, pupils often carry computers,  
             cell phones, water bottles, running shoes, band instruments,  
             and other equipment considered essential to have readily  
             available, more than 90% of children carry a school backpack,  
             which studies have found to weigh as much as 25% of the  
             child's body weight.

          4. Recommends that all school administrators, teachers, parents,  
             and school children be educated about the potential health  
             impacts of heavy backpacks and take proactive measures to  
             avoid injury, as specified.

          This resolution acknowledges the health risks that heavy  
          backpacks pose to schoolchildren and recommends that certain  
          measures be taken in order to avoid injury.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  6/27/14)

          California Chiropractic Association (source)
          Association of American Publishers
          State Parent Teachers Association

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  73-0, 6/26/14
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra,  
            Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon,  
            Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh,  
            Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth  
            Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove,  
            Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer,  
            Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina,  

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            Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,  
            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:  Allen, Donnelly, Gorell, Jones, Logue,  
            Patterson, Vacancy


          PQ:d  6/27/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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