SCR 5: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- Session Year: 2019-2020
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2019-02-22
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| Feb 22, 2019 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 10, Statutes of 2019. |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2:30 p.m. |
| Feb 15, 2019 | In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Feb 15, 2019 | Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. |
| Feb 7, 2019 | From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (February 7). |
| Feb 4, 2019 | Referred to Com. on RLS. |
| Jan 18, 2019 | In Assembly. Held at Desk. |
| Jan 18, 2019 | Read. Adopted. (Ayes 34. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| Jan 16, 2019 | From committee: Ordered to third reading. |
| Jan 14, 2019 | Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. |
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Description
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Location
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| Feb 15, 2019 | SCR 5 Bradford Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session | Assembly Floor |
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| Feb 7, 2019 | Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. | Assembly Standing Committee on Rules |
Passed |
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| Jan 18, 2019 | Senate 3rd Reading SCR5 Bradford et al. | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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Date of Hearing: February 7, 2019
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Ken Cooley, Chair
SBPCA Bill Id:SCR 5
Author:(Bradford) – As Introduced Ver:January 14, 2019
SENATE VOTE: 34-0
SUBJECT: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
SUMMARY: Honors the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
- On April 10, 1970, California became the first state to pass legislation making Dr. King’s birthday a school holiday and, subsequently, a statewide holiday.
- Dr. King devoted his life to fighting segregation and injustice by nonviolent means and is an outstanding example of courageous leadership in the face of unrelenting violence and harassment by individuals and governmental institutions.
- Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement helped change public policy from segregation to integration, resulting in the repeal of the post-Reconstruction era state laws mandating racial segregation in the South known as the “Jim Crow Laws,” thereby leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and other antidiscrimination laws aimed at ending economic, legal, and social segregation in America.
- Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement helped change public policy to an open and accessible policy of racial integration leading to equal participation in and access to primary and higher education, housing, employment, transportation, federal, state, and local governmental elections, and other aspects of public policy relating to human rights.
- The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a source of inspiration for all Americans.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 5
Introduced: 1/14/19
SUBJECT: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
DIGEST:
This resolution honors the late Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
- Dr. King is a source of inspiration for all Americans.
- On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 90 years of age.
- Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement helped change public policy from segregation to integration, resulting in the repeal of the post-Reconstruction era state laws mandating racial segregation in the South known as the “Jim Crow Laws,” thereby leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, now effective for 55 years, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and other antidiscrimination laws aimed at ending economic, legal, and social segregation in America.
- Dr. King, in the last months of his life, began organizing a Poor People’s Campaign to, among other things, assemble “a multiracial army of the poor that would descend on Washington—engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience at the Capitol, if need be—until Congress enacted a poor people’s bill of rights,” and 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of this campaign.
- Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement helped change public policy from legal and socially acceptable discrimination and segregation to an open and accessible policy of racial integration leading to equal participation in and access to primary and higher education, housing, employment, transportation, federal, state, and local governmental elections, and other aspects of public policy relating to human rights.
- Dr. King devoted his life to fighting segregation and injustice by nonviolent means and is an outstanding example of courageous leadership in the face of unrelenting violence and harassment by individuals and governmental institutions.
This resolution:
- Recognizes the benefits of the collaborative work by many organizations that promote, facilitate, and carry out needed service projects nationwide.
- Encourages the Legislature to urge their constituents to participate in community service projects.
- Acknowledges that, by serving one’s country, one’s community, and one’s neighbor, our nation makes progress in civility, equality, and unity consistent with the values and life’s work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Honors the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Background
According to the author,
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. January 2019 marks the 90th birthday of the late Dr. King. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received his doctoral degree from Boston University in systematic theology.
Early in his career, Dr. King became a great civil rights influence beginning with the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. With his famous “I Have a Dream” speech given at the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington, he established his reputation as one of the greatest American orators.
Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement helped change public policy from segregation to integration, resulting in the repeal of the “Jim Crow Laws” leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and other anti discrimination laws.
With his influence on national reforms in education, housing, employment, transportation, and elections at the national level, California passed the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the Rumford Fair Housing Act.
Up until his assassination in Memphis, TN in 1968, Dr. King continued to organize protests through nonviolent civil disobedience including the Poor People’s Campaign towards establishing a poor people’s bill of rights. His quest for civil and human rights across California, America, and the world, encourages all to pay tribute to the life and works of Dr. King through community service projects on the 3rd Monday of every January, which became a state holiday in 1970 and a national holiday in 1986.
Related/Prior Legislation
SCR 85 (Bradford, 2018) honored the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The resolution passed the Senate 30-0, but was not heard in the Assembly.
ACR 139 (Holden, Resolution Chapter 4, Statues of 2018) honors the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
ACR 5 (Holden, Resolution Chapter 2, Statutes of 2017) designated that January 16, 2017, be observed as the official memorial of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birth and commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the work of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement in changing public policy in California and in the United States of America.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified 1/15/19)
None received
Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
1/17/19 13:43:24
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