Bill Text: CA ACR166 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-08 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [ACR166 Detail]
Download: California-2023-ACR166-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 166
| Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos |
April 02, 2024 |
Relative to the federal Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 166, as introduced, Ramos.
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
This measure would commemorate the centennial of the federal Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, June 2, 2024, marks the centennial of the federal Indian Citizenship Act of 1924; and
WHEREAS, The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, signed by President Calvin Coolidge, granted citizenship to Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States; and
WHEREAS, June 18, 2024, marks five years since Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-15-19, which gave a formal apology on behalf of the citizens of the State of California to all California Native Americans for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect California inflicted on tribes; and
WHEREAS, Executive Order N-15-19 established the Truth and Healing Council to bear witness to, record, examine existing documentation of, and receive California Native American narratives regarding the historical relationship between the State of California and California Native Americans, in order to clarify the historical record of this relationship in the spirit of truth and healing; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature commemorates the centennial of the federal Indian Citizenship Act of 1924; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
