| 5 | 5 | | LLS NO. R25-0847.01 Jessica Chapman x4636 SJR25-014 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Senate Committees House Committees |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-014 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C |
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| 9 | 9 | | ONCERNING THE RECOGNITION OF SINGLE PARENT DAY.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 United States Census data, almost a9 |
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| 19 | 19 | | quarter of United States families with children under 18 years of age are10 |
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| 20 | 20 | | single-parent families, amounting to over 10 million households; and11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | Final Reading |
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| 26 | 26 | | March 21, 2025 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 28 | 28 | | Rich and Daugherty, Amabile, Baisley, Ball, Bridges, Bright, Carson, Catlin, Coleman, |
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| 29 | 29 | | Cutter, Danielson, Frizell, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Roberts, Rodriguez, |
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| 31 | 31 | | Simpson, Snyder, Sullivan, Wallace, Weissman, Winter F. |
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| 32 | 32 | | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 33 | | - | Pugliese and Jackson, Armagost, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Caldwell, Duran, English, |
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| 34 | | - | Espenoza, Feret, Froelich, Garcia, Garcia Sander, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Johnson, Joseph, |
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| 35 | | - | Keltie, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, McCluskie, |
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| 36 | | - | McCormick, Paschal, Phillips, Richardson, Rutinel, Rydin, Sirota, Smith, Soper, Stewart K., |
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| 37 | | - | Stewart R., Suckla, Taggart, Valdez, Velasco, Weinberg, Woodrow, Woog |
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| 33 | + | Pugliese and Jackson, |
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| 40 | | - | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. WHEREAS, In 2023, over 15 million children were living in1 |
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| 41 | | - | single-parent families in the United States; and2 |
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| 42 | | - | WHEREAS, Single parents deserve respect and recognition for3 |
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| 43 | | - | their dedication and achievements; and4 |
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| 44 | | - | WHEREAS, In 1984, then-President Ronald Reagan declared5 |
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| 45 | | - | March 21 as "National Single Parent Day"; now, therefore,6 |
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| 46 | | - | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly7 |
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| 47 | | - | of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:8 |
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| 48 | | - | That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly,9 |
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| 49 | | - | continue to designate March 21 as "Single Parent Day in Colorado" in10 |
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| 50 | | - | respectful recognition of single parents in Colorado.11 |
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| 51 | | - | Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this joint resolution be sent12 |
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| 52 | | - | to Janice S. Moglen, longtime Colorado advocate for Single Parent Day.13 |
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| 36 | + | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. their dedication and achievements; and1 |
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| 37 | + | WHEREAS, In 1984, then-President Ronald Reagan declared2 |
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| 38 | + | March 21 as "National Single Parent Day"; now, therefore,3 |
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| 39 | + | Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly4 |
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| 40 | + | of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:5 |
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| 41 | + | That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly,6 |
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| 42 | + | continue to designate March 21 as "Single Parent Day in Colorado" in7 |
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| 43 | + | respectful recognition of single parents in Colorado.8 |
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| 44 | + | Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this joint resolution be sent9 |
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| 45 | + | to Janice S. Moglen, longtime Colorado advocate for Single Parent Day.10 |
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