Bill Text: CA AR5 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Resolution 5

Introduced

Bill Title: Relative to Lunar New Year.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 58-16)

Status: (Passed) 2023-01-30 - Read. Adopted. (Page 236.). [AR5 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AR5-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

House Resolution

No. 5

Introduced by Assembly Members Stephanie Nguyen, Bains, Mike Fong, Kalra, Lee, Low, Muratsuchi, and Ting

January 05, 2023

Relative to Lunar New Year.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

HR 5, as introduced, Stephanie Nguyen.

WHEREAS, January 22, 2023, will mark the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around the world, including in the United States and especially in California; and

WHEREAS, California is home to nearly 6,000,000 Asian and Pacific Islander Americans of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Iu-Mien, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese descent; and

WHEREAS, The Asian and Pacific Islander American communities have contributed to the social, cultural, civic, economic, and academic success of the state; and

WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is predominantly celebrated by the 2,500,000 Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Iu-Mien residents of California; and

WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is universally celebrated by these communities as a time to renew family ties and to start the new year with a clean slate; and

WHEREAS, This Lunar New Year is the Year of the Rabbit; and

WHEREAS, The celebration of the Lunar New Year in communities throughout California illustrates the state’s rich cultural history and commitment to racial, religious, and cultural diversity; and

WHEREAS, The passing and signing of Assembly Bill 2596 of the 2021–22 Regular Session adds Lunar New Year to the list of official California state holidays; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Legislature joins Asian and Pacific Islander communities throughout the state in celebrating January 22, 2023, as the beginning of the Lunar New Year and extends best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous Lunar New Year to all Californians; and be it further

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