| 5 | 5 | | LLS NO. R23-0961.01 Frank Stoner x5498 SR23-006 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Senate Committees |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE RESOLUTION 23-006 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C |
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| 9 | 9 | | ONCERNING MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS MONTH.101 |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Sexual assault in the United States of America is a1 |
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| 11 | 11 | | pervasive and devastating issue. It impacts every corner of our society,2 |
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| 12 | 12 | | and it is inexcusable at any time, place, or circumstance; and3 |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Most sexual assaults go unreported, and the victims4 |
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| 14 | 14 | | of those assaults often go untreated and are left feeling trapped; and5 |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, Military service members in the United States6 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Department of Defense, as well as service members in the United States7 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Department of Homeland Security, have experienced and continue to8 |
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| 18 | 18 | | experience sexual assault; and9 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, In August 2022, the United States Department of10 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Defense reported that 8.4 percent of active duty women indicated an11 |
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| 21 | 21 | | incident of unwanted sexual contact during the year prior to the survey.12 |
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| 22 | 22 | | That 8.4 percent represents approximately 19,466 women; and13 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The United States Department of Defense also14 |
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| 24 | 24 | | reported that 1.5 percent of active duty men indicated an incident of15 |
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| 29 | | - | Marchman, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Exum, Fields, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, |
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| 30 | | - | Hinrichsen, Kolker, Moreno, Mullica, Priola, Roberts, Rodriguez, Sullivan, Zenzinger |
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| 26 | + | Marchman, |
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| 31 | 27 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 32 | 28 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 33 | 29 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. unwanted sexual contact during the year prior to the survey. That 1.51 |
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| 34 | 30 | | percent represents approximately 16,617 men; and2 |
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| 35 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy in3 |
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| 36 | 32 | | Colorado Springs reported 52 incidents of unwanted sexual contact4 |
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| 37 | 33 | | during the 2021-22 school year, and a number of reports show increasing5 |
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| 38 | 34 | | incidents of sexual assault and other unwanted sexual contact at military6 |
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| 39 | 35 | | academies across the country; and7 |
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| 40 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Such behavior is intolerable, especially among those8 |
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| 41 | 37 | | for whom a strict moral code and a cohesive unit are of the utmost9 |
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| 42 | 38 | | importance. Both are adversely impacted by any such egregious acts upon10 |
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| 43 | 39 | | fellow service members; and11 |
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| 44 | 40 | | WHEREAS, We commend survivors for their perseverance and12 |
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| 45 | 41 | | celebrate the successes many have had despite their traumatic13 |
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| 46 | 42 | | experiences; and14 |
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| 47 | 43 | | WHEREAS, Some survivors have established outreach networks15 |
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| 48 | 44 | | to engage with and support other survivors, and some have taken up the16 |
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| 49 | 45 | | mantle of advocating for survivors at the highest levels of both the17 |
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| 50 | 46 | | military and the government; and18 |
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| 51 | 47 | | WHEREAS, Still others face their daily lives head-on and19 |
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| 52 | 48 | | persevere with grit and determination, carrying out their daily20 |
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| 53 | 49 | | responsibilities and service; and21 |
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| 54 | 50 | | WHEREAS, We acknowledge April 2023 as Military Sexual22 |
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| 55 | 51 | | Assault Survivors Month; now, therefore,23 |
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| 56 | 52 | | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fourth General24 |
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| 57 | 53 | | Assembly of the State of Colorado:25 |
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| 58 | 54 | | That we, the members of the Colorado Senate, acknowledge April26 |
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| 59 | 55 | | 2023 as Military Sexual Assault Survivors Month in respectful27 |
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