CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Joint Resolution No. 28Introduced by Senator StoneMay 22, 2018 Relative to the North Korean release of American hostages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSJR 28, as introduced, Stone. North Korea: American hostages.This measure would recognize the work President Trump did to free three American hostages from North Korea.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, Three Americans detained and sentenced to hard labor camps by North Korea were freed in early May 2018; and WHEREAS, Kim Dong-chul, Kim Sang-duk, and Kim Hak-song are ethnic Koreans who are naturalized U.S. citizens; andWHEREAS, Each of the American detainees were doing humanitarian work near the border of China and North Korea before being detained; andWHEREAS, Each of these individuals endured harsh conditions in North Korean labor camps, hoping and dreaming for his release; and WHEREAS, Kim Sang-duk, also known as Tony Kim, is a 1990 graduate of the University of California, Riverside, with a masters degree in business administration; andWHEREAS, Mr. Kim works as a professor of accounting and business and has made multiple trips to North Korea to teach at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the only privately funded university in North Korea; andWHEREAS, Thanks to the efforts of President Donald Trump to bring North Korean officials to the table, North Korea has granted Kim Dong-chul, Kim Sang-duk, and Kim Hak-song their freedom and return to the United States; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature recognizes the work President Trump did to free the three American hostages from North Korea; and be it furtherResolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for distribution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Joint Resolution No. 28Introduced by Senator StoneMay 22, 2018 Relative to the North Korean release of American hostages. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSJR 28, as introduced, Stone. North Korea: American hostages.This measure would recognize the work President Trump did to free three American hostages from North Korea.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Joint Resolution No. 28
Introduced by Senator StoneMay 22, 2018
Introduced by Senator Stone
May 22, 2018
Relative to the North Korean release of American hostages.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SJR 28, as introduced, Stone. North Korea: American hostages.
This measure would recognize the work President Trump did to free three American hostages from North Korea.
This measure would recognize the work President Trump did to free three American hostages from North Korea.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, Three Americans detained and sentenced to hard labor camps by North Korea were freed in early May 2018; and
WHEREAS, Kim Dong-chul, Kim Sang-duk, and Kim Hak-song are ethnic Koreans who are naturalized U.S. citizens; and
WHEREAS, Each of the American detainees were doing humanitarian work near the border of China and North Korea before being detained; and
WHEREAS, Each of these individuals endured harsh conditions in North Korean labor camps, hoping and dreaming for his release; and
WHEREAS, Kim Sang-duk, also known as Tony Kim, is a 1990 graduate of the University of California, Riverside, with a masters degree in business administration; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Kim works as a professor of accounting and business and has made multiple trips to North Korea to teach at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the only privately funded university in North Korea; and
WHEREAS, Thanks to the efforts of President Donald Trump to bring North Korean officials to the table, North Korea has granted Kim Dong-chul, Kim Sang-duk, and Kim Hak-song their freedom and return to the United States; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature recognizes the work President Trump did to free the three American hostages from North Korea; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for distribution.