Bill Text: CA ACR90 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

---

Bill Title: California Firefighters Memorial Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-23-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-03 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 157, Statutes of 2015. [ACR90 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR90-Chaptered.html

---

BILL NUMBER: ACR 90	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  157
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 13, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 13, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Irwin
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen,
Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Brough, Brown, Calderon,
Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia,
Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray,
Hadley, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Waldron, Weber, Wilk,
Williams, and Wood)

                        JUNE 18, 2015

   Relative to California Firefighters Memorial Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 90, Irwin. California Firefighters Memorial Day.
   This measure would proclaim October 17, 2015, as Firefighters
Memorial Day.



   WHEREAS, The California Firefighters Memorial, located on the
grounds of the State Capitol, serves to honor and commemorate
California firefighters who unwaveringly serve our great state with
pride, courage, and honor; and
   WHEREAS, The California Firefighters Memorial is also a symbol of
gratitude and appreciation to the men and women of the fire service
who put their lives on the line each day to protect the people,
property, and beauty of California; and
   WHEREAS, Each of the over 1,250 names engraved on the brushed
limestone walls of the California Firefighters Memorial is a tribute
to the finest and bravest of our state who have made the ultimate
sacrifice as firefighters; and
   WHEREAS, The California Firefighters Memorial is the only state
monument capturing the names of these courageous firefighters, who
made service to our great State of California their priority, and
shall continue this legacy in perpetuity; and
   WHEREAS, Many of the fallen firefighters whose names adorn the
California Firefighters Memorial suffered and ultimately succumbed to
diseases, such as cancer, as a result of the hazardous nature of
their work, including routine exposure to toxic chemicals; and
   WHEREAS, On October 17, 2015, firefighters and their families from
throughout the state will gather in Sacramento with their fellow
Californians for the 2015 California Firefighters Memorial Ceremony
to honor the men and women of the fire service who have selflessly
given their lives to protect California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims October 17,
2015, as Firefighters Memorial Day, and urges Californians to
remember firefighters who have fallen in the line of duty and to
express their appreciation to those firefighters who continue to
protect us; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.