Bill Text: CA SCR87 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Father-Daughter Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-09-14 - Ordered to inactive file. [SCR87 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SCR87-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 87
| Introduced by Senator Dahle (Coauthors: Senators Cortese, Grove, Jones, Limón, Min, Nguyen, Niello, Ochoa Bogh, Roth, and Seyarto) |
August 15, 2023 |
Relative to Father-Daughter Day.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 87, as introduced, Dahle.
Father-Daughter Day.
This measure would declare October 8, 2023, as Father-Daughter Day and would encourage fathers with daughters in California to take time to celebrate, cherish, and connect with each other.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, We honor mothers and fathers individually with Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, respectively; and
WHEREAS, A father’s bond with his son is often acknowledged and celebrated; and
WHEREAS, Male role models are important not only in a boy’s life, but also in a girl’s life; and
WHEREAS, American singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson has recognized, “a positive connection between a man and his daughter can have a tremendous impact on a young girl’s life and play a big role in her development into a strong, confident woman who knows her value”; and
WHEREAS, Young girls depend on their fathers for security and emotional support. A father shows his daughter what a good, healthy relationship with a man is like. If a father is loving, gentle, strong, and valiant, his daughter will relate to and look for those qualities in men; and
WHEREAS, Healthy communication between fathers and daughters starts with committing to never responding in anger; and
WHEREAS, A father sets the bar for the relationships his children will have with others. The way a father treats those around him directly influences the way his children will treat others; and
WHEREAS, Daughters model their relationships with others based on their father’s character and relationship with themselves; and
WHEREAS, Involved fathers improve the overall well-being of and increase the likelihood of future success for their children; and
WHEREAS, The second Sunday in October marks Father-Daughter Day to promote the development of young women through their father; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes October 8, 2023, as Father-Daughter Day and encourages fathers with daughters in California to take time to celebrate, cherish, and connect with one another; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
