California 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill ACR116 Compare Versions

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1	1	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 116Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Bauer-Kahan, Boerner Horvath, Burke, Carrillo, Cervantes, Eggman, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Irwin, Kamlager-Dove, Limn, Melendez, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Smith, Weber, and Wicks)(Coauthors: Senators Atkins, Bates, Caballero, Chang, Durazo, Galgiani, Lena Gonzalez, Grove, Hurtado, Jackson, Leyva, Mitchell, Rubio, and Skinner)July 09, 2019 Relative to the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 116, as introduced, Waldron. Womens suffrage in California: anniversary.This measure would proclaim October 10, 2019, as the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, While American women generally gained the right to vote in 1920, the women of California had already won the right to vote in 1911, nearly a decade earlier; andWHEREAS, On October 10, 1911, a majority of California men voted for political equality and passed Proposition 4, a womens suffrage amendment to the California Constitution placed on the ballot by the Legislature; andWHEREAS, Before that date, although women had been working and organizing since 1848 to win the franchise, only five western states had thus far approved the radical and controversial idea; andWHEREAS, California became the sixth state in the nation to approve political equality, approving womens suffrage in California nine years before the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, which guaranteed women throughout the country the right to vote; andWHEREAS, The successful 1911 campaign for womens suffrage drew help from suffragists all over America, a formidable effort by all who learned from an earlier unsuccessful campaign in 1896; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes October 10, 2019, as the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California and encourages all Californians to join in this observance; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit copies of this resolution to the Governor and to the author for distribution.
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3	3	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 116Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Bauer-Kahan, Boerner Horvath, Burke, Carrillo, Cervantes, Eggman, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Irwin, Kamlager-Dove, Limn, Melendez, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Smith, Weber, and Wicks)(Coauthors: Senators Atkins, Bates, Caballero, Chang, Durazo, Galgiani, Lena Gonzalez, Grove, Hurtado, Jackson, Leyva, Mitchell, Rubio, and Skinner)July 09, 2019 Relative to the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 116, as introduced, Waldron. Womens suffrage in California: anniversary.This measure would proclaim October 10, 2019, as the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
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9	9	CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
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11	11	Assembly Concurrent Resolution
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13	13	No. 116
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15	15	Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Bauer-Kahan, Boerner Horvath, Burke, Carrillo, Cervantes, Eggman, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Irwin, Kamlager-Dove, Limn, Melendez, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Smith, Weber, and Wicks)(Coauthors: Senators Atkins, Bates, Caballero, Chang, Durazo, Galgiani, Lena Gonzalez, Grove, Hurtado, Jackson, Leyva, Mitchell, Rubio, and Skinner)July 09, 2019
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17	17	Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Bauer-Kahan, Boerner Horvath, Burke, Carrillo, Cervantes, Eggman, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Irwin, Kamlager-Dove, Limn, Melendez, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Smith, Weber, and Wicks)(Coauthors: Senators Atkins, Bates, Caballero, Chang, Durazo, Galgiani, Lena Gonzalez, Grove, Hurtado, Jackson, Leyva, Mitchell, Rubio, and Skinner)
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20	20	Relative to the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California.
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22	22	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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24	24	## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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26	26	ACR 116, as introduced, Waldron. Womens suffrage in California: anniversary.
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28	28	This measure would proclaim October 10, 2019, as the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California.
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30	30	This measure would proclaim October 10, 2019, as the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California.
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36	36	WHEREAS, While American women generally gained the right to vote in 1920, the women of California had already won the right to vote in 1911, nearly a decade earlier; and
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38	38	WHEREAS, On October 10, 1911, a majority of California men voted for political equality and passed Proposition 4, a womens suffrage amendment to the California Constitution placed on the ballot by the Legislature; and
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40	40	WHEREAS, Before that date, although women had been working and organizing since 1848 to win the franchise, only five western states had thus far approved the radical and controversial idea; and
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42	42	WHEREAS, California became the sixth state in the nation to approve political equality, approving womens suffrage in California nine years before the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, which guaranteed women throughout the country the right to vote; and
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44	44	WHEREAS, The successful 1911 campaign for womens suffrage drew help from suffragists all over America, a formidable effort by all who learned from an earlier unsuccessful campaign in 1896; now, therefore, be it
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46	46	Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes October 10, 2019, as the 108th Anniversary of Womens Suffrage in California and encourages all Californians to join in this observance; and be it further
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48	48	Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit copies of this resolution to the Governor and to the author for distribution.