| 1 | | - | Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 122 CHAPTER 149 Relative to Diaper Need Awareness Week. [ Filed with Secretary of State September 11, 2019. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 122, Gonzalez. Diaper Need Awareness Week.This measure would proclaim the week of September 23, 2019, to September 29, 2019, as Diaper Need Awareness Week and encourage California citizens to support organizations that help alleviate diaper need.Digan; andWHEREAS, California has a vested interest in the health and economic mobility of low- and moderate-income families, and therefore in reducing diaper need; and WHEREAS, California is proud to be home to several strong nonprofit organizations working at the state and local levels to provide diapers to families in need; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims the week of September 23, 2019, to September 29, 2019, as Diaper Need Awareness Week and encourages Californians to support organizations that help alleviate diaper need; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. |
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| 1 | + | Enrolled September 09, 2019 Passed IN Senate September 05, 2019 Passed IN Assembly August 30, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 122Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez(Coauthors: Assembly Members Burke, Calderon, Cervantes, Gloria, Kamlager-Dove, Lackey, Mathis, Mullin, Weber, Boerner Horvath, and Cristina Garcia)(Coauthors: Senators Dodd, Galgiani, Lena Gonzalez, Wilk, and Mitchell)August 12, 2019 Relative to Diaper Need Awareness Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 122, Gonzalez. Diaper Need Awareness Week.This measure would proclaim the week of September 23, 2019, to September 29, 2019, as Diaper Need Awareness Week and encourage California citizens to support organizations that help alleviate diaper need.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, Diaper need occurs when a family does not have a sufficient supply of clean diapers to ensure that infants and toddlers are clean and healthy, and can adversely affect the health and well-being of young children and their families; and WHEREAS, One in three families experiences diaper need at some time while their children are less than three years of age, and nearly one-half of families delay changing a diaper to extend their supply; and WHEREAS, The average child requires at least 50 diaper changes per week over three years, making diapers a necessary supply; and WHEREAS, Diaper need creates a barrier to childcare due to the common requirement that a daily supply of diapers be provided by the childs parent or guardian; andWHEREAS, California has a vested interest in the health and economic mobility of low- and moderate-income families, and therefore in reducing diaper need; and WHEREAS, California is proud to be home to several strong nonprofit organizations working at the state and local levels to provide diapers to families in need; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims the week of September 23, 2019, to September 29, 2019, as Diaper Need Awareness Week and encourages Californians to support organizations that help alleviate diaper need; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. |
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