Bill Text: CA ACR72 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: California Firefighters Memorial Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-18)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 146, Statutes of 2013. [ACR72 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR72-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 72	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk-Silva
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos,
Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Fong, Frazier,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman,
Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine,
Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Morrell,
Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Perea, John A.
Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Rendon, Salas, Stone, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

                        AUGUST 5, 2013

   Relative to California Firefighters Memorial Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 72, Quirk-Silva. California Firefighters Memorial Day.
   This measure would proclaim October 5, 2013, as California
Firefighters Memorial Day.



   WHEREAS, The California Firefighters Memorial, located on the
grounds of the State Capitol, serves to honor and commemorate
California firefighters who unwaveringly serve our great state with
pride, courage, and honor; and
   WHEREAS, The California Firefighters Memorial is also a symbol of
gratitude and appreciation to the men and women of the fire service
who put their lives on the line each day to protect the people,
property, and beauty of California; and
   WHEREAS, Each of the over 1,200 names engraved on the brushed
limestone walls of the California Firefighters Memorial serves as a
tribute to the finest and bravest of our state who have made the
ultimate sacrifice as firefighters; and
   WHEREAS, Many of the fallen firefighters whose names adorn the
California Firefighters Memorial suffered and ultimately succumbed to
diseases, such as cancer, as a result of the hazardous nature of
their work, including routine exposure to toxic chemicals; and
   WHEREAS, On October 5, 2013, firefighters and their families from
throughout the state will gather in Sacramento with their fellow
Californians for the California Firefighters Memorial Ceremony 2013
to honor the men and women of the fire service who have given their
lives to protect California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims October 5,
2013, as Firefighters Memorial Day, and urges Californians to
remember firefighters who have given their lives in the line of duty
and to express appreciation to firefighters who continue to protect
our families; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.