Bill Text: CA ACR21 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 19, Statutes of 2019. [ACR21 Detail]

Download: California-2019-ACR21-Enrolled.html

Enrolled March 12, 2019

Passed IN Senate March 11, 2019

Passed IN Assembly February 21, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution

No. 21

Introduced by Assembly Members Luz Rivas and Irwin
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Carrillo, Eggman, Kamlager-Dove, Limón, Petrie-Norris, Reyes, Smith, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Dahle, Daly, Diep, Flora, Fong, Frazier, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Jones-Sawyer, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Obernolte, O’Donnell, Patterson, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)

February 04, 2019

Relative to Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 21, Luz Rivas. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

This measure would proclaim February 21, 2019, as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, February 21, 2019, the third Thursday in February, is recognized nationally and internationally as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day; and

WHEREAS, Women have contributed to the diverse fields of engineering both historically and currently, yet remain underrepresented in both education programs and the workforce; and

WHEREAS, In 1960, less than 1 percent of recorded engineers were women; and

WHEREAS, The number of women employed in architecture and engineering had risen to 14 percent by 2011; and

WHEREAS, Women account for only one-fifth of bachelor’s degrees, one-quarter of master’s degrees, and nearly one-quarter of doctorates in engineering; and

WHEREAS, Female science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates earn less than their male counterparts; and

WHEREAS, According to the 2015 results of the Program for International Student Assessment, one in 20 boys, but less than one in 200 girls, expect a career in information and computer technologies; and

WHEREAS, A myriad of organizations and programs in the United States are committed to combating the gender gap in engineering by encouraging women and girls to explore male-dominated STEM fields; and

WHEREAS, California is a world leader in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and

WHEREAS, California remains committed to the principles of gender equality; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That February 21, 2019, is hereby commemorated by the Legislature as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day; and be it further

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