Bill Text: CA AR11 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to Women in the United States Armed Forces.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-21)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 653.). [AR11 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AR11-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 11	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Eggman, Campos, Grove, and Melendez
   (  Coauthor:   Assembly Member 
 Skinner   Coauthors:   Assembly
Members   Skinner,   Achadjian,   Alejo,
  Allen,   Ammiano,   Atkins,  
Bigelow,   Bloom,   Bocanegra,   Bonta,
 Bradford,   Brown,   Buchanan,  
Ian Calderon,   Chau,   Chávez,  
Chesbro,  Conway,   Cooley,   Dahle, 
 Daly,   Dickinson,   Donnelly,  
Fong,   Fox,   Frazier,   Beth Gaines,
  Garcia,   Gatto,   Gomez,  
Gordon,   Gorell,   Gray,   Hagman, 
 Hall,   Harkey,   Holden,   Jones,
  Jones-Sawyer,   Levine,   Linder, 
 Maienschein,   Mansoor,   Medina,  
Mitchell,   Morrell,   Mullin,  
Muratsuchi,   Nazarian,   Nestande,   Pan,
  Patterson,   Perea,   John A. Pérez,
  V. Manuel Pérez,   Quirk,   Quirk-Silva,
  Rendon,   Salas,   Stone,  
Ting,   Torres,   Wagner,   Waldron, 
 Weber,   Wilk,   Williams,   and
Yamada  )

                        MARCH 7, 2013

   Relative to Women in the United States Armed Forces.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, During the American Revolution, women, including Margaret
Corbin, Deborah Sampson, and Molly Pitcher, served with valor and
distinction on the field of battle, in some cases posing as men in
order to serve their country; and
   WHEREAS, The establishment of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in
1942, and its conversion just one year later to the full Women's Army
Corps, allowed the additional deployment of the equivalent of
another seven divisions to the front; and
   WHEREAS, General Douglas MacArthur said of the 150,000 women who
served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II that they were his
best soldiers and that they worked harder, complained less, and were
better disciplined; and
   WHEREAS, The number of women serving on active duty in the armed
forces has grown to exceed 200,000, comprising more than 14 percent
of the entire force; and
   WHEREAS, Despite a long-standing exclusion of women from direct
combat roles, many women have died fighting for this nation in Iraq
and Afghanistan, and hundreds more have been wounded in those
conflicts; and
   WHEREAS, Women have risen to the highest levels of command in the
United States Armed Forces; and
   WHEREAS, Women have been breaking barriers to service for the
entire history of this nation, and this year yet another, banning
them from direct combat roles, is to fall; and
   WHEREAS, We honor the achievements of those women who serve and
have served in the Armed Forces; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly recognizes the contributions of women in the United States
Armed Forces are an example for all to follow, an important part of
this nation's history, and are to be celebrated during Women's
History Month; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.