| 5 | 5 | | LLS NO. R23-0844.01 Jessica Chapman x4636 SR23-005 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Senate Committees |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE RESOLUTION 23-005 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C |
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| 9 | 9 | | ONCERNING RECOGNITION OF SINGLE PARENT DAY IN COLORADO.101 |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The greatest need of every child is to be loved; and1 |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Parents invest an immeasurable amount of time,2 |
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| 12 | 12 | | energy, and devotion to raise their children and to provide them with the3 |
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| 13 | 13 | | support and guidance required to become responsible, productive, and4 |
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| 14 | 14 | | successful adults; and5 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, The responsibility of raising children is particularly6 |
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| 16 | 16 | | difficult when it falls on the shoulders of a single parent, whether it be7 |
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| 17 | 17 | | due to divorce, death, or any other circumstance; and8 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, According to U.S. Census data, almost a quarter of9 |
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| 19 | 19 | | U.S. families with children under 18 years of age are single-parent10 |
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| 20 | 20 | | families, amounting to over 10 million households. In 2020, nearly 1911 |
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| 21 | 21 | | million children were living in single-parent families in the United States;12 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and13 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The dedication and achievements of single parents14 |
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| 24 | 24 | | deserve respect and recognition; and15 |
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| 29 | | - | Zenzinger and Rich, Baisley, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Danielson, Exum, Fenberg, |
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| 30 | | - | Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, |
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| 31 | | - | Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Priola, Roberts, |
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| 32 | | - | Rodriguez, Simpson, Smallwood, Sullivan, Van Winkle, Will, Winter F. |
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| 26 | + | Zenzinger and Rich, |
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| 33 | 27 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 34 | 28 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 35 | 29 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. WHEREAS, In 1984, then-President Ronald Reagan declared1 |
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| 36 | 30 | | March 21 as "National Single Parent Day"; now, therefore,2 |
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| 37 | 31 | | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fourth General3 |
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| 38 | 32 | | Assembly of the State of Colorado:4 |
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| 39 | 33 | | That we, the members of the Colorado Senate, continue to5 |
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| 40 | 34 | | designate March 21 as "Single Parent Day in Colorado" in respectful6 |
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| 41 | 35 | | recognition of single parents in Colorado.7 |
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| 42 | 36 | | Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to8 |
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| 43 | 37 | | Janice S. Moglen, longtime Colorado advocate for Single Parent Day.9 |
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