Bill Text: CA ACR108 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 108

Bill Title: Children’s Emotional Wellness Month.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 55-15)

Status: (Passed) 2024-03-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 12, Statutes of 2024. [ACR108 Detail]

Download: California-2023-ACR108-Chaptered.html

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 108

CHAPTER 12

Relative to Children’s Emotional Wellness Month.

[ Filed with Secretary of State March 04, 2024. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 108, Davies. Children’s Emotional Wellness Month.

This measure would declare the month of September 2023 as Children’s Emotional Wellness Month in California.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, Addressing the emotional health needs of young children and youth today is fundamental to the future of California; and

WHEREAS, The need for an early, upstream approach to help increase the emotional literacy of young children and youth creates a responsibility on our state as a whole; and

WHEREAS, It is crucial that the month of September is set apart each year to recognize Children’s Emotional Wellness Month in order to bring attention to the importance of children’s emotional well-being and help mitigate mental health challenges later in life; and

WHEREAS, The Extraordinary Lives Foundation, through its unique approach to awareness and early prevention, is effectively caring for the mental and emotional needs of children throughout California by providing resources and tools to children and their families; and

WHEREAS, The purple and green striped ribbon represents the importance of children’s mental and emotional well-being and the charitable goodness of people and businesses who publicly recognize and support this cause; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims September 2023 as Children’s Emotional Wellness Month in California, and urges our California residents and all agencies and organizations in our state interested in meeting every child’s emotional and mental health needs to unite during that month in observance of exercises that will acquaint the people of California with the fundamental necessity of a year-round mental health program for children and their families; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.