Bill Text: CA SCR155 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: La Virgen de Guadalupe: recognition.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [SCR155 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR155-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 155	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Nguyen
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Bates, Cannella, Morrell, and
Vidak)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chang, Gonzalez, and Kim)

                        JUNE 15, 2016

   Relative to La Virgen de Guadalupe.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 155, as introduced, Nguyen. La Virgen de Guadalupe:
recognition.
   This act would commend the meaningful contributions that Latino
customs, such as the celebration of La Virgen de Guadalupe, make to
the diverse heritage of American society.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, La Virgen de Guadalupe has been recognized as a
remarkably significant cultural symbol for Latinos not only as a
religious icon, but also as a figure of pride; and
   WHEREAS, La Virgen de Guadalupe is believed to have first appeared
to an indigenous man named Juan Diego on December 9, 1531, and has
since brought warmth and great comfort to her believers; and
   WHEREAS, With a long history of devotion by her believers, in 1754
Pope Benedict XIV granted her a proper feast and mass on December 12
and since then La Virgen de Guadalupe has been widely observed by
millions of people from all over the world, including in the United
States; and
   WHEREAS, Among a diverse Latino population in the United States of
over 55 million hard working and invaluable residents, over 14
million of which live in the state of California, La Virgen de
Guadalupe, to this day, continues to be widely revered and has
assumed a cultural familiarity; and
   WHEREAS, Latino cultural influence is apparent in California
through, among other things, music, the arts, the sciences, food,
humanities, business, and trade with each contributing to a stronger
and more prosperous community; and
   WHEREAS, Today Latinos are proud to embrace their multicultural
roots and the day of La Virgen de Guadalupe is yet another example of
ways the Latino community contributes to the vastly diverse and ever
changing landscape of America's social and cultural heritage; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby commends the
meaningful contributions that Latino customs and traditions have made
to the rich, diverse heritage of American society and encourages the
celebration of the day of La Virgen de Guadalupe in recognition of
its profound cultural significance; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.