Bill Text: CA SCR61 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Shelter Pet Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2013. [SCR61 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SCR61-Amended.html
Bill Title: Shelter Pet Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2013. [SCR61 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SCR61-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 61 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 21, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Senator Galgiani JULY 8, 2013 Relative tothe official StateShelter Pet Awareness Month . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SCR 61, as amended, Galgiani.Official State Pet.Shelter Pet Awareness Month. This measure would declarea shelter pet as the official State PetOctober of each year as Shelter Pet Awareness Month . Fiscal committee: no.WHEREAS, There are currently around eight million abandoned pets living in animal shelters in the United States; andWHEREAS, Each year, between 700,000 and 800,000 animals are taken in by California's public and private shelters; and WHEREAS, Less than half of these animals are adopted into new homes; and WHEREAS, Animal shelters have limited resources and cannot accommodate all of the animals that need help; and WHEREAS,ThreeIn the United States, three to four millionof these dogs and catsshelter pets are euthanized every year due to overcrowding ; and WHEREAS, The Legislature seeks toraisepromote shelter pet adoptions by rai sing public awareness of shelter animals; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declaresa shelter pet as the official State Petthe month of October of each year as Shelter Pet Awareness Month ; and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.