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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R25-0946.01 Faith Marcovecchio x4331 |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR25-011 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Senate Committees House Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-011 |
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| 11 | 11 | | C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING THE RECOGNITION OF LATINO/A ADVOCACY DAY 2025.101 |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Latino/a Advocacy Day celebrates 19 years of1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | mobilizing Latinas and Latinos from across Colorado, an annual event2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | that has helped amplify more than 5,400 Latina and Latino voices to3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | address the structural inequities that have historically affected the Latina4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | and Latino community; and5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, following the passage of anti-immigrant6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | federal legislation and an anti-immigrant special legislative session in7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Colorado, a pro-immigrant justice movement swept the nation, including8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | in Colorado. Community organizations led by local Latina and Latino9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | activists convened the first ever Latino/a Advocacy Day in Denver in10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2007 to hold policymakers accountable, advocate for better public11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | policies, and grow the Latina and Latino community's power and12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | influence inside the state capitol; and13 |
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| 29 | 26 | | SENATE |
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| 30 | 27 | | Final Reading |
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| 31 | 28 | | March 17, 2025 |
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| 32 | 29 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 33 | 30 | | Gonzales J. and Rodriguez, Amabile, Ball, Bridges, Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, |
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| 34 | 31 | | Daugherty, Exum, Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kolker, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, |
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| 35 | 32 | | Roberts, Snyder, Sullivan, Weissman, Winter F. |
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| 36 | 33 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 37 | | - | Velasco, Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Camacho, Carter, Clifford, Duran, Espenoza, |
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| 38 | | - | Froelich, Garcia, Gilchrist, Hamrick, Jackson, Joseph, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, |
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| 39 | | - | Mabrey, Martinez, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, Phillips, Ricks, Rutinel, Sirota, Smith, |
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| 40 | | - | Stewart K., Stewart R., Story, Titone, Valdez, Willford, Woodrow, Zokaie |
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| 34 | + | Velasco, |
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| 41 | 35 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 42 | 36 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 43 | 37 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. WHEREAS, In 2025, Latinas and Latinos in Colorado again find1 |
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| 44 | 38 | | themselves at the intersection of anti-immigrant attacks from the federal2 |
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| 45 | 39 | | government, including indiscriminate mass deportations violently3 |
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| 46 | 40 | | separating Colorado immigrant families, as well as attempts to bring back4 |
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| 47 | 41 | | 2006-era anti-immigrant legislation during this legislative session; and5 |
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| 48 | 42 | | WHEREAS, Latinas and Latinos constitute the largest nonwhite6 |
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| 49 | 43 | | demographic group in Colorado, at 22.7% of the population; and7 |
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| 50 | 44 | | WHEREAS, Latinas and Latinos remain among the most impacted8 |
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| 51 | 45 | | people when assessing the adverse outcomes of inequitable health care,9 |
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| 52 | 46 | | housing, education, and economic opportunity; and10 |
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| 53 | 47 | | WHEREAS, Involving Latinas and Latinos in the policy-making11 |
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| 54 | 48 | | process ensures that the voices and lived experiences of all Coloradans12 |
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| 55 | 49 | | are respected and honored; and13 |
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| 56 | 50 | | WHEREAS, Community efforts like Latino/a Advocacy Day help14 |
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| 57 | 51 | | create better policies that impact the daily lives of all people in our state;15 |
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| 58 | 52 | | now, therefore,16 |
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| 59 | 53 | | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly17 |
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| 60 | 54 | | of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:18 |
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| 61 | 55 | | (1) That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly,19 |
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| 62 | 56 | | recognize the achievements of Latinas and Latinos and honor their20 |
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| 63 | 57 | | contributions to Colorado's long history of political engagement and their21 |
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| 64 | 58 | | role in the policy-making process;22 |
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| 65 | 59 | | (2) That we pay tribute to past and current Latino/a Advocacy Day23 |
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| 66 | 60 | | participants who have traveled to the Colorado State Capitol from across24 |
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| 67 | 61 | | Colorado to ensure representation and the just treatment of Latino/a25 |
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| 68 | 62 | | communities in Colorado; and26 |
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| 69 | 63 | | (3) That we devote ourselves to creating a Colorado that will one27 |
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| 70 | 64 | | day work for all, regardless of immigration status, in the Colorado28 |
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| 71 | 65 | | General Assembly.29 |
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| 72 | 66 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent30 |
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| 73 | 67 | | to the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive31 |
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| 74 | 68 | | Rights (COLOR) and Voces Unidas de las Montañas, the conveners of32 |
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| 75 | 69 | | the 2025 Latino/a Advocacy Day.33 |
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| 76 | 70 | | 011 |
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