Bill Text: CA SR7 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to the Lunar New Year.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-30 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 124.) [SR7 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SR7-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
January 31, 2023 |
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Passed
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Senate
January 30, 2023 |
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Amended
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Senate
January 24, 2023 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Resolution
No. 7
| Introduced by Senator Min (Coauthors: Senators Nguyen, Umberg, Wahab, and Wiener) |
January 04, 2023 |
Relative to the Lunar New Year.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SR 7, Min.
Digest Key
Bill Text
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 California; 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 No. 2596 of the 2021–22 Regular Session (Chapter 792 of the Statutes of 2022) adds the Lunar New Year to the list of official California state holidays; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate 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 Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
