Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days in honor of a person, status, or an event.

This bill would require the Governor annually to proclaim the month of June as LGBT Pride Month.

Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days in honor of a person, status, or an event.

This bill would require the Governor annually to proclaim the month of June as LGBT Pride Month.

Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim various days in honor of a person, status, or an event.

This bill would require the Governor annually to proclaim the month of June as LGBT Pride Month.

 THIRD READING  

Bill No: AB 2969

Author:

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Vote:

SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE: 9-0, 6/12/18

AYES: Dodd, Wilk, Cannella, Galgiani, Glazer, Hill, Hueso, Portantino, Vidak

NO VOTE RECORDED: Bradford, Gaines, Lara

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 59-0, 5/14/18 - See last page for vote

SUBJECT:

SOURCE: Author

DIGEST:

This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim the month of June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month.

ANALYSIS:

Existing law proclaims:

1. September 28th as “Cabrillo Day.”
2. January 15th as “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.”
3. March 7th as “Arbor Day.”
4. February 19th as “A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation.”
5. Fourth Friday in September as “Native American Day.”
6. First Sunday in October as “Stepparents Day.”
7. April 21st as “John Muir Day.”
8. March 30th as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.”
9. December 7th as “Pearl Harbor Day.”
10. March 31st as “Cesar Chavez Day.”
11. Month of February as “Black History Month.”
12. Third Saturday in June as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A Day of Observance.”
13. April 24th as “California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.”
14. May 22nd as “Harvey Milk Day.”
15. January 30th as “Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution.”
16. February 6th as “Ronald Reagan Day.”
17. January 23rd as “Ed Roberts Day.”
18. October 25th as “Larry Itliong Day.”
19. First Friday in May as “Space Day.”
20. The day of the astronomical Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 20th or the following day as “Nowrūz Day.”

This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim the month of June as LGBT Pride Month.

Background

Purpose of the bill. According to the author, “California has the largest LGBT population of any state in the nation. The California Legislature established the first and largest Legislative LGBT Caucus. California is home to over forty LGBT Pride celebrations. Pride Month is incredibly important to the LGBT community and I stand with the rest of the LGBT Caucus members to see it that Pride Month becomes part of California history and is recognized every year in June.”

LGBT Pride Month. The month of June is historically significant for the LGBT community. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, New York police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighborhood residents as police violently hauled employees and patrons out of the bar, leading to six days of protests and clashes with law enforcement. Known as the Stonewall Riots, these riots and the swift political organization that followed are widely considered to be the catalyst of the modern LGBT civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.

In 1970, the first Pride parade was held in New York City on the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Since that first parade, Pride celebrations have sprung up in cities around the world. These gatherings encourage the community to celebrate accomplishments, bring visibility to the LGBT population, decrease the mystery for those who retain feelings of homophobia, provide an opportunity for LGBT individuals to feel less alone in an oppressive and dismissive world, and establish the LGBT population as a vibrant and vital part of the community.

The California Legislative LGBT Caucus was established in 2002. Its role is to present a forum for the California Legislature to discuss issues that affect LGBT Californians and to further the goal of equality and justice for all people. The formation of the LGBT Caucus made California the first state in the country to recognize an official caucus of openly-LGBT state legislators, reaching an all-time high membership of eight during the 2017-2018 legislative session. Historically, the LGBT Caucus Chair introduces a resolution each June during a formal ceremony to declare June as Pride month. HR 51 (Kehoe, 2002) was the first such resolution introduced in the California Legislature, and was narrowly adopted by the Assembly on a 42-26 vote.

California has the largest LGBT population of any state in the union, estimated at nearly two million according to a 2017 Gallup survey. Additionally, the state is home to over 40 LGBT Pride celebrations each year, including the San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration which regularly attracts over one million people into the city.

While President Bill Clinton first recognized Pride month at the federal level in 1999, California has yet to formally declare June as Pride month in statute. In 2017, and again this year, President Donald Trump broke with recent precedent and did not recognize June as LGBT Pride Month. While President Trump declined to recognize LGBT Pride Month, he proclaimed June as Great Outdoors Month, National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, African-American Music Appreciation Month, National Ocean Month, and National Homeownership Month.

Nearing the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Pride is still an incredibly important event for the LGBT community. Pride celebrations continue to be a validating experience for those newly out, a place for people to gather and display the wide spectrum of the LGBT community and allies, a chance to connect and organize politically, and to pay homage to the work done by previous generations of activists.

Related/Prior Legislation

AB 2439 (E. Garcia, 2018) establishes the LGBT Veterans Memorial at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City as the official state LGBT veterans memorial. (Pending on the Senate Floor)

ACR 172 (Low, 2018) apologizes for the enactment of past discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions that resulted in the persecution and oppression of LGBT individuals and their communities. (Pending on the Senate Floor)

SB 892 (Pan, 2018) requires the Governor to annually proclaim the day of Lunar New Year, which occurs between January 21 and February 20, and encourages all public schools and educational institutions to conduct exercises recognizing the traditions and cultural significance of the Lunar New Year. (Pending in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

SB 572 (Leno, Chapter 626, Statutes of 2009), among other things, required the Governor to annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day.

HR 51 (Kehoe, 2002), adopted by the Assembly, proclaimed June 2002 as LGBT Pride Month.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Local:

SUPPORT: (Verified 6/13/18)

API Equality-LA

APLA Health
Desert AIDS Project

Equality California

HealthRIGHT 360

NorCal Mental Health America

San Francisco Unified School District

Santa Clara County Office of Education

OPPOSITION: (Verified 6/13/18)

None received

ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: Equality California writes in support stating that each year, “June marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion that gave birth to the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights movement. Our state and nation have progressed significantly in the journey toward dignity, understanding, and mutual respect for all since then, but we still have a long way to go in eradicating the prejudice and discrimination that LGBTQ people and their families still face.”

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 59-0, 5/14/18

AYES: Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Baker, Berman, Bloom, Bonta, Burke, Caballero, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooper, Cunningham, Daly, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez Fletcher, Gray, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Lackey, Levine, Limón, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, O'Donnell, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Rodriguez, Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wood, Rendon

NO VOTE RECORDED: Acosta, Travis Allen, Bigelow, Brough, Chen, Choi, Cooley, Dahle, Flora, Fong, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Grayson, Harper, Kiley, Melendez, Obernolte, Patterson, Steinorth

Prepared by:

6/13/18 14:34:56

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION

Senator Bill Dodd

Chair

2017 - 2018 Regular

Bill No: AB Hearing Date: 6/12/2018

SUBJECT:

DIGEST: This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim the month of June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month.

ANALYSIS:

Existing law proclaims:

1. September 28^th as “Cabrillo Day.”
2. January 15^th as “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.”
3. March 7^th as “Arbor Day.”
4. February 19^th as “A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation.”
5. Fourth Friday in September as “Native American Day.”
6. First Sunday in October as “Stepparents Day.”
7. April 21^st as “John Muir Day.”
8. March 30^th as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.”
9. December 7^th as “Pearl Harbor Day.”
10. March 31^st as “Cesar Chavez Day.”
11. Month of February as “Black History Month.”
12. Third Saturday in June as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A Day of Observance.”
13. April 24^th as “California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.”
14. May 22^nd as “Harvey Milk Day.”
15. January 30^th as “Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution.”
16. February 6^th as “Ronald Reagan Day.”
17. January 23^rd as “Ed Roberts Day.”
18. October 25^th as “Larry Itliong Day.”
19. First Friday in May as “Space Day.”
20. The day of the astronomical Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 20^th or the following day as “Nowrūz Day.”

This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim the month of June as LGBT Pride Month.

Background

Purpose of the bill. According to the author, “California has the largest LGBT population of any state in the nation. The California Legislature established the first and largest Legislative LGBT Caucus. California is home to over forty LGBT Pride celebrations. Pride Month is incredibly important to the LGBT community and I stand with the rest of the LGBT Caucus members to see it that Pride Month becomes part of California history and is recognized every year in June.”

LGBT Pride Month. The month of June is historically significant for the LGBT community. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, New York police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighborhood residents as police violently hauled employees and patrons out of the bar, leading to six days of protests and clashes with law enforcement. Known as the Stonewall Riots, these riots and the swift political organization that followed are widely considered to be the catalyst of the modern LGBT civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.

In 1970, the first Pride parade was held in New York City on the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Since that first parade, Pride celebrations have sprung up in cities around the world. These gatherings encourage the community to celebrate accomplishments, bring visibility to the LGBT population, decrease the mystery for those who retain feelings of homophobia, provide an opportunity for LGBT individuals to feel less alone in an oppressive and dismissive world, and establish the LGBT population as a vibrant and vital part of the community.

The California Legislative LGBT Caucus was established in 2002. Its role is to present a forum for the California Legislature to discuss issues that affect LGBT Californians and to further the goal of equality and justice for all people. The formation of the LGBT Caucus made California the first state in the country to recognize an official caucus of openly-LGBT state legislators, reaching an all-time high membership of eight during the 2017-2018 legislative session. Historically, the LGBT Caucus Chair introduces a resolution each June during a formal ceremony to declare June as Pride month. HR 51 (Kehoe, 2002) was the first such resolution introduced in the California Legislature, and was narrowly adopted by the Assembly on a 42-26 vote.

California has the largest LGBT population of any state in the union, estimated at nearly 2 million according to a 2017 Gallup survey. Additionally, the state is home to over forty LGBT Pride celebrations each year, including the San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration which regularly attracts over one million people into the city.

While President Bill Clinton first recognized Pride month at the federal level in 1999, California has yet to formally declare June as Pride month in statute. In 2017, and again this year, President Donald Trump broke with recent precedent and did not recognize June as LGBT Pride Month. While President Trump declined to recognize LGBT Pride Month, he proclaimed June as Great Outdoors Month, National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, African-American Music Appreciation Month, National Ocean Month, and National Homeownership Month.

Nearing the 50^th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Pride is still an incredibly important event for the LGBT community. Pride celebrations continue to be a validating experience for those newly out, a place for people to gather and display the wide spectrum of the LGBT community and allies, a chance to connect and organize politically, and to pay homage to the work done by previous generations of activists.

Prior/Related Legislation

AB 2439 (E. Garcia, 2018) establishes the LGBT Veterans Memorial at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City as the official state LGBT veterans memorial. (Pending in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee)

ACR 172 (Low, 2018) apologizes for the enactment of past discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions that resulted in the persecution and oppression of LGBT individuals and their communities. (Pending on the Senate Floor)

SB 892 (Pan, 2018) requires the Governor to annually proclaim the day of Lunar New Year, which occurs between January 21 and February 20, and encourages all public schools and educational institutions to conduct exercises recognizing the traditions and cultural significance of the Lunar New Year. (Pending in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

AB 88 (Nazarian, Chapter 30, Statutes of 2017) required the Governor to annually proclaim the day of the astronomical Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 20 or the following day, as Nowrūz Day.

SB 1138 (Hueso, Chapter 196, Statutes of 2016) among other things, required the Governor to proclaim the first Friday in May as Space Day.

AB 7 (Bonta, Chapter 29, Statutes of 2015) among other things, required the Governor to annually proclaim October 25 as Larry Itliong Day.

SB 572 (Leno, Chapter 626, Statutes of 2009) among other things, required the Governor to annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day.

HR 51 (Kehoe, Enrolled, 2002) proclaimed June 2002 as LGBT Pride Month.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No

SUPPORT:

API Equality-LA

APLA Health
Desert AIDS Project

Equality California

HealthRIGHT 360

NorCal Mental Health America

San Francisco Unified School District

Santa Clara County Office of Education

OPPOSITION:

None received

ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: Equality California writes in support stating that each year, “June marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion that gave birth to the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights movement. Our state and nation have progressed significantly in the journey toward dignity, understanding, and mutual respect for all since then, but we still have a long way to go in eradicating the prejudice and discrimination that LGBTQ people and their families still face.”

Further, the San Francisco Unified School District states that “[d]uring the month of June, LGBTQ Americans, their families and friends, and all those committed to justice and equality, celebrate the rich culture, the notable achievements, and the outstanding services that LGBTQ Americans contribute to our state and nation. AB 2969 would require the Governor to proclaim June as LGBT Pride Month every year. This would ensure June is reflected as LGBT Pride Month on an ongoing and annual basis, honoring the LGBTQ community with the respect that comes with an officially proclaimed month of recognition.”

ASSEMBLY THIRD READING

ATR Bill Id:AB 2969

Author:(Low)

As Introduced Ver:February 16, 2018

Majority vote

SUMMARY: This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim the Month of June as "LGBT Pride Month".

EXISTING LAW:

1. Requires the Governor to Proclaim the following days or months each year as follows:
   1. September 28 as "Cabrillo Day."
   2. January 15 as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day."
   3. March 7 as "Arbor Day."
   4. February 19 as "A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation."
   5. Fourth Friday in September as "Native American Day."
   6. First Sunday in October as "Stepparents Day."
   7. April 21 as "John Muir Day."
   8. March 30 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day."
   9. December 7 as "Pearl Harbor Day."
   10. March 31 as "Cesar Chavez Day."
   11. Month of February as "Black History Month."
   12. Third Saturday in June as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A Day of Observance."
   13. April 24 as "California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide."
   14. May 22 as "Harvey Milk Day."
   15. January 30 as "Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution."
   16. February 6 as "Ronald Reagan Day."
   17. January 23 as "Ed Roberts Day."
   18. October 25 as "Larry Itliong Day."
   19. First Friday in May as "Space Day"
   20. March 20, or the following day, as "Nowrūz Day".

FISCAL EFFECT: This bill is keyed non-fiscal by Legislative Counsel.

COMMENTS:

Purpose of the bill: According to the author: "California has the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) population of any state in the nation. The California Legislature established the first and largest Legislative LGBT Caucus. California is home to over forty LGBT Pride celebrations. Pride Month is incredibly important to the LGBT community and I stand with the rest of the LGBT Caucus members to see that Pride Month becomes part of California history and is recognized every year in June."

Background: The month of June is historically significant for the LGBT community. The Stonewall Riots occurred in New York in June 1969 to protest police targeting of the city's LGBT population. These riots, and the swift political organization that followed, are widely considered to be the commencement of the modern LGBT civil rights movement.

In 1970, the first Pride parade was held in New York City on the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Since, Pride celebrations have sprung up in cities around the world. These gatherings encourage the community to celebrate accomplishments, bring visibility to the LGBT population, decrease the mystery for those who retain feelings of homophobia, provide an opportunity for LGBT individuals to feel less alone in an oppressive and dismissive world, and establish the LGBT population as a vibrant and vital part of its respective community.

The California Legislative LGBT Caucus was established in 2002. Its role is to present a forum for the California Legislature to discuss issues that affect LGBT Californians and to further the goal of equality and justice for all people. The formation of the LGBT Caucus made California the first state in the country to recognize an official caucus of openly-LGBT state legislators. Historically the LGBT Caucus Chair introduces a resolution each June during a formal ceremony to declare June as Pride month. This bill will codify in statue every June as LGBT Pride Month.

As stated above, California has the largest LGBT population of any state in the union, and the state is home to over forty LGBT Pride celebrations each year. While President Bill Clinton first recognized Pride month at the federal level in 1999, California has yet to formally declare June as Pride month in statute.

Prior/Related Legislation: AB 88 (Nazarian), Chapter 30, Statutes of 2017. Requires Governor March 20, or the following day as Nowrūz Day.

AB 7 (Bonta), Chapter 29, Statutes of 2015. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim October 25 as Larry Itliong Day.

AB 1775 (Furutani), Chapter 241, Statutes of 2010. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution.

SB 944 (Runner), Chapter 114, Statutes of 2010. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day.

SB 1256 (Hancock), Chapter 115, Statutes of 2010. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim January 23 as Ed Roberts Day.

SB 572 (Leno), Chapter 626, Statutes of 2009. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day.

AB 717 (Cook), Chapter 158, Statutes of 2009. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.

Analysis Prepared by: Kenton Stanhope / G.O. / (916) 319-2531 FN: 0002805

Date of Hearing: May 2, 2018

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION

Adam Gray, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 2969 (

Author:Low) – As Introduced Ver:February 16, 2018

SUBJECT: LGBT Pride Month

SUMMARY: This bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim the Month of June as “LGBT Pride Month”.

EXISTING LAW:

1) Requires the Governor to Proclaim the following days or months each year as follows:

a) September 28 as “Cabrillo Day.”

b) January 15 as “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.”

c) March 7 as “Arbor Day.”

d) February 19 as “A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation.”

e) Fourth Friday in September as “Native American Day.”

f) First Sunday in October as “Stepparents Day.”

g) April 21 as “John Muir Day.”

h) March 30 as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.”

i) December 7 as “Pearl Harbor Day.”

j) March 31 as “Cesar Chavez Day.”

k) Month of February as “Black History Month.”

l) Third Saturday in June as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A Day of Observance.”

m) April 24 as “California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.”

n) May 22 as “Harvey Milk Day.”

o) January 30 as “Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution.”

p) February 6 as “Ronald Reagan Day.”

q) January 23 as “Ed Roberts Day.”

r) October 25 as “Larry Itliong Day.”

s) First Friday in May as “Space Day”

t) March 20, or the following day, as “Nowrūz Day”.

FISCAL EFFECT: This bill is keyed non-fiscal by Legislative Counsel.

COMMENTS:

Purpose of the bill: According to the author: “California has the largest LGBT population of any state in the nation. The California Legislature established the first and largest Legislative LGBT Caucus. California is home to over forty LGBT Pride celebrations. Pride Month is incredibly important to the LGBT community and I stand with the rest of the LGBT Caucus members to see that Pride Month becomes part of California history and is recognized every year in June.”

Background: The month of June is historically significant for the LGBT community. The Stonewall Riots occurred in New York in June 1969 to protest police targeting of the city’s LGBT population. These riots, and the swift political organization that followed, are widely considered to be the commencement of the modern LGBT civil rights movement.

In 1970, the first Pride parade was held in New York City on the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Since, Pride celebrations have sprung up in cities around the world. These gatherings encourage the community to celebrate accomplishments, bring visibility to the LGBT population, decrease the mystery for those who retain feelings of homophobia, provide an opportunity for LGBT individuals to feel less alone in an oppressive and dismissive world, and establish the LGBT population as a vibrant and vital part of its respective community.

The California Legislative LGBT Caucus was established in 2002. Its role is to present a forum for the California Legislature to discuss issues that affect LGBT Californians and to further the goal of equality and justice for all people. The formation of the LGBT Caucus made California the first state in the country to recognize an official caucus of openly-LGBT state legislators. Historically the LGBT Caucus Chair introduces a resolution each June during a formal ceremony to declare June as Pride month. This bill will codify in statue every June as LGBT Pride Month.

As stated above, California has the largest LGBT population of any state in the union, and the state is home to over forty LGBT Pride celebrations each year. While President Bill Clinton first recognized Pride month at the federal level in 1999, California has yet to formally declare June as Pride month in statute.

Prior/Related Legislation: AB 88 (Nazarian), Chapter 30, Statutes of 2017. Requires Governor March 20, or the following day as Nowrūz Day.

AB 7 (Bonta), Chapter 29, Statutes of 2015. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim October 25 as Larry Itliong Day.

AB 1775 (Furutani), Chapter 241, Statutes of 2010. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution.

SB 944 (Runner), Chapter 114, Statutes of 2010. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day.

SB 1256 (Hancock), Chapter 115, 2010. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim January 23 as Ed Roberts Day.

SB 572 (Leno), Chapter 626, Statutes of 2009. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day.

AB 717 (Cook), Chapter 158, Statutes of 2009. Requires the Governor to annually proclaim March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

Equality California

Opposition

None on file

Analysis Prepared by: Kenton Stanhope / G.O. / (916) 319-2531