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1	1	First Regular Session
2	2	Seventy-fourth General Assembly
3	3	STATE OF COLORADO
4	4	REVISED
5	5
6	6
7	7	LLS NO. R23-0879.02 Lauren Hackett x2291
8	8	HJR23-1023
9	9	House Committees Senate Committees
10	10	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-1023
11	11	C
12	12	ONCERNING SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH, AND, IN101
13	13	CONNECTION THEREWITH , RECOGNIZING APRIL AS SEXUAL102
14	14	A
15	15	SSAULT AWARENESS MONTH AND DESIGNATING APRIL 26,103
16	16	2023,
17	17	AS COLORADO DENIM DAY.104
18	18	WHEREAS, Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) officially1
19	19	began in 2001, though the movement to raise awareness for and put an2
20	20	end to sexual violence can be traced back much further; and3
21	21	WHEREAS, Decades of activism and persistence by survivors and4
22	22	advocates led to the founding of the first rape crisis center in the U.S. in5
23	23	1971 and the passage of legislation and funding to support survivors,6
24	24	including the "Violence Against Women Act of 1993" (VAWA); and7
25	25	WHEREAS, The Denim Day campaign was originally spurred in8
26	26	SENATE
27	27	Final Reading
28	28	April 26, 2023
29	29	HOUSE
30	30	Final Reading
31	31	April 26, 2023
32	32	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
33	33	Duran and Pugliese, Amabile, Armagost, Bird, Bockenfeld, Bradfield, Bradley, Brown,
34	34	Catlin, deGruy Kennedy, Daugherty, Dickson, English, Evans, Frizell, Froelich, Gonzales-
35	35	Gutierrez, Hamrick, Hartsook, Herod, Holtorf, Joseph, Kipp, Lieder, Lukens, Lynch, Mabrey,
36	36	Marshall, McCormick, McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet, Parenti, Ricks, Sharbini, Sirota, Story,
37	37	Taggart, Titone, Velasco, Vigil, Weinberg, Weissman, Willford, Wilson, Winter T.,
38	38	Woodrow, Young, Boesenecker, Epps, Garcia, Jodeh, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Martinez, Mauro,
39	39	McCluskie, Ortiz, Snyder, Valdez
40	40	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
41	41	Kirkmeyer and Winter F., Baisley, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Exum,
42	42	Fenberg, Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kolker,
43	43	Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Priola, Rich, Roberts,
44	44	Rodriguez, Simpson, Smallwood, Van Winkle, Will, Zenzinger
45	45	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
46	46	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
47	47	Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. 1998 when the Italian Supreme Court ruled that a rape conviction would1
48	48	be overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing2
49	49	tight jeans, she must have helped her rapist remove her jeans, thereby3
50	50	implying consent; and4
51	51	WHEREAS, The following day, women in the Italian Parliament5
52	52	came to work wearing jeans to show their solidarity with the victim and6
53	53	the following year, Peace Over Violence ignited the Denim Day7
54	54	campaign in Los Angeles and encouraged participants to wear jeans in8
55	55	protest against attitudes condoning sexual assault; and9
56	56	WHEREAS, Since 2013, the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual10
57	57	Assault (CCASA), which serves as the collective voice of sexual assault11
58	58	survivors and service providers in public policy initiatives, education,12
59	59	training, and collaborative efforts, has hosted Colorado Denim Day; and13
60	60	WHEREAS, In the last 10 years, CCASA has worked with the14
61	61	Colorado General Assembly to pass 14 laws that provide protections and15
62	62	support for survivors of sexual assault; and16
63	63	WHEREAS, More than 100 organizations have received training17
64	64	and technical assistance through CCASA to support survivors; and18
65	65	WHEREAS, CCASA continues to raise awareness around19
66	66	reporting options, survivor rights, and advocate resources through its You20
67	67	Have the Right Campaign; and21
68	68	WHEREAS, The You Have the Right Campaign is available in22
69	69	English and Spanish and will soon be available in Chinese, Arabic, and23
70	70	Japanese; and24
71	71	WHEREAS, Support services for survivors and advocates continue25
72	72	to require translation resources to serve the 17% of Colorado's population26
73	73	that speak a language other than English; and27
74	74	WHEREAS, Rural counties are home to 13% of Colorado's28
75	75	population, and survivors often point to lack of transportation as a barrier29
76	76	to receiving services; and30
77	77	WHEREAS, More resources around translation and transportation31
78	78	are needed to provide equitable access to services and further address32
79	79	sexual violence in Colorado; and33
80	80	1023
81	81	-2- WHEREAS, Current efforts to make services more accessible to1
82	82	all Coloradans demonstrate the Colorado General Assembly's dedication2
83	83	to advancing protections for survivors; and3
84	84	WHEREAS, Continued action is needed to further expand support4
85	85	services throughout the state so that we can continue doing what we do5
86	86	in denim; and6
87	87	WHEREAS, Recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month and7
88	88	Denim Day and bringing attention to the ongoing effort to put an end to8
89	89	sexual violence remain critically important; now, therefore,9
90	90	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the10
91	91	Seventy-fourth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate11
92	92	concurring herein:12
93	93	That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly,13
94	94	recognize April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and designate April14
95	95	26, 2023, as Colorado Denim Day, a statewide event aligning with Denim15
96	96	Day events across the world, and we are proud to recognize CCASA,16
97	97	Peace Over Violence, and other organizations that work to unite Colorado17
98	98	communities in support of ending sexual violence.18
99	99	Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Joint Resolution be19
100	100	sent to Brie Franklin, Executive Director of CCASA.20
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