Bill Text: CA SCR11 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gold Star Children’s Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-07 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SCR11 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SCR11-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Concurrent Resolution

No. 11

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Introduced by Senator Nguyen

January 05, 2023

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Relative to Gold Star Children’s Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 11, as introduced, Nguyen. Gold Star Children’s Day.

This measure would declare August 1, 2023, as Gold Star Children’s Day.

Digest Key

Fiscal Committee: NO  

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Bill Text

WHEREAS, The recognition of Gold Star families in the United States dates back to World War I, when the families of fallen service members displayed a service flag in the window of their homes with a gold star; and

WHEREAS, In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation into law creating Gold Star Mother’s Day, a national observance honoring the mothers of fallen service members annually on the last Sunday of September; and

WHEREAS, Since 2010, the United States Senate has honored Gold Star spouses by resolution annually on April 5, recognizing the unique sacrifices made by spouses of fallen service members; and

WHEREAS, Thousands of sons and daughters of military families who lost mothers or fathers who were serving in the United States Armed Forces deserve national recognition for the burden and legacy they carry; and

WHEREAS, No date has existed to specifically recognize the children of fallen members of the United States Armed Forces that expresses the debt of gratitude the people of the United States owe for the service members who sacrificed everything to protect the freedom of the United States and the people of the United States; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims August 1, 2023, as “Gold Star Children’s Day,” honors the sacrifices and hardships of the children of fallen service members, and encourages all Californians to observe Gold Star Children’s Day in support of the children of the fallen men and women of the United States Armed Forces; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.