Bill Text: CA ACR42 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Women’s Equal Pay Day.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 55-13)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-03 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 44, Statutes of 2023. [ACR42 Detail]

Download: California-2023-ACR42-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution

No. 42

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Introduced by Assembly Member Addis

March 20, 2023

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Relative to Women’s Equal Pay Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 42, as introduced, Addis. Women’s Equal Pay Day.

This measure would proclaim April 2, 2023, as Women’s Equal Pay Day in California, in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.

Digest Key

Fiscal Committee: NO  

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Bill Text

WHEREAS, More than 50 years after the passage of the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963, women, especially women of color, continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay; and

WHEREAS, According to the United States Census Bureau, women make $0.82 for every dollar a male is paid; and

WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of Labor, the median salary for women in 2020 was $51,000, while the median salary for men in 2020 was $61,000; and

WHEREAS, The wage gap for Black, Latina, and Native American women is under $0.63 for every dollar White, non-Hispanic men make; and

WHEREAS, Black and Hispanic women have the lowest median salary earnings, with Hispanic women earning an average of $39,000 and Black women earning an average of $43,000; and

WHEREAS, Four out of 10 women experience gender discrimination and are much more likely to work a part-time job compared to men; and

WHEREAS, Nearly 4 in 10 mothers are the primary breadwinners in their households, and nearly two-thirds of mothers are the primary or significant earners, making pay equity critical to the financial security of their families; and

WHEREAS, A lifetime of lower pay means women have less income to save for retirement and less income counted in a social security or pension benefit formula; and

WHEREAS, Women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and business, as well as in managerial positions, and are overrepresented in teaching, assistant, and childcare occupations; and

WHEREAS, Fair pay in California would strengthen the security of individuals and families today, regardless of education or socioeconomic status, while enhancing our statewide economy; and

WHEREAS, April 2 symbolizes the day in 2023 when the wages paid to women catch up to the wages paid to males from the previous year nationwide; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims April 2, 2023, as Women’s Equal Pay Day in California, in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all; and be it further

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