Bill Text: CA ACR130 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 130

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Bill Title: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-14)

Status: (Passed) 2024-03-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 26, Statutes of 2024. [ACR130 Detail]

Download: California-2023-ACR130-Enrolled.html

Enrolled March 15, 2024

Passed IN Senate February 14, 2024

Passed IN Assembly February 22, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution

No. 130

Introduced by Assembly Member Luz Rivas
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Bains, Bennett, Boerner, Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Juan Carrillo, Wendy Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Connolly, Davies, Essayli, Flora, Mike Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Garcia, Gipson, Grayson, Haney, Hart, Holden, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Lackey, Lee, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, McCarty, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Stephanie Nguyen, Ortega, Pacheco, Papan, Jim Patterson, Joe Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Sanchez, Schiavo, Soria, Ta, Valencia, Villapudua, Wallis, Ward, Weber, Wicks, Wilson, Wood, and Zbur)

January 22, 2024

Relative to Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 130, Luz Rivas. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

This measure would proclaim February 22, 2024, as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, February 22, 2024, is recognized nationally and internationally as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day; and

WHEREAS, Women have contributed to the diverse fields of engineering both historically and currently, yet remain underrepresented in both education programs and the workforce; and

WHEREAS, In 1960, less than 1 percent of recorded engineers were women; and

WHEREAS, The number of women employed in architecture and engineering had risen by 65.4 percent from 2018 to 2022; and

WHEREAS, Women account for only about one-fifth of bachelor’s degrees, one-quarter of master’s degrees, and one-quarter of doctorates in engineering; and

WHEREAS, About one-fifth of full-time wage and salary earners were women in engineering; and

WHEREAS, Female science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates earn less than their male counterparts; and

WHEREAS, Girls are more likely than boys to expect to become health professionals (35 percent versus 9 percent), but boys are more likely than girls to expect to become science and engineering professionals (20 percent versus 6 percent) and information and communication technology professionals (4 percent versus 0.5 percent); and

WHEREAS, A myriad of organizations and programs in the United States are committed to combating the gender gap in engineering by encouraging women and girls to explore male-dominated STEM fields; and

WHEREAS, Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics greatly contribute to California being the fourth largest economy in the world; and

WHEREAS, California remains committed to the principles of gender equality; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That February 22, 2024, is hereby commemorated by the Legislature as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day; and be it further

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