Bill Text: CA AR99 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to AAPI Women’s Equal Pay Day.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-13)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-09 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 65. Noes 0.). [AR99 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AR99-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
House Resolution
No. 99
| Introduced by Assembly Member Bains |
April 29, 2024 |
Relative to AAPI Women’s Equal Pay Day.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
HR 99, as introduced, Bains.
Digest Key
Bill Text
WHEREAS, More than 50 years after the passage of the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963, women, especially women of color, continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay; and
WHEREAS, According to the United States Census Bureau, women make $0.82 for every dollar men are paid; and
WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of Labor, the median annual earnings for women in 2022 was about $52,000, while the median annual earnings for men in 2022 was about $62,000; and
WHEREAS, The wage gap for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women is $0.80 for every dollar White, non-Hispanic men make; and
WHEREAS, Four out of 10 women experience gender discrimination and are much more likely to work a part-time job compared to men; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 4 in 10 mothers are the primary breadwinners in their households, and nearly two-thirds of mothers are the primary or significant earners, making pay equity critical to the financial security of their families; and
WHEREAS, A lifetime of lower pay means women have less income to save for retirement and less income counted in a social security or pension benefit formula; and
WHEREAS, Women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and business, as well as in managerial positions, and are overrepresented in teaching, assistant, and childcare occupations; and
WHEREAS, Fair pay in California would strengthen the security of individuals and families today, regardless of education or socioeconomic status, while enhancing our statewide economy; and
WHEREAS, May 3 symbolizes the day in 2024 when the wages paid to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women catch up to the wages paid to males from the previous year nationwide; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly proclaims May 3, 2024, as AAPI Women’s Equal Pay Day in California, in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
