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Measure ACR 35
Authors Papan  
Coauthors: Addis   Aguiar-Curry   Ahrens   Alanis   Alvarez   Arambula   Ávila Farías   Bains   Bauer-Kahan   Bennett   Berman   Boerner   Bonta   Bryan   Calderon   Caloza   Carrillo   Castillo   Chen   Connolly   Davies   DeMaio   Dixon   Elhawary   Essayli   Fong   Gallagher   Garcia   Gipson   Jeff Gonzalez   Mark González   Hadwick   Haney   Harabedian   Hart   Irwin   Jackson   Kalra   Krell   Lackey   Lee   Lowenthal   Macedo   McKinnor   Muratsuchi   Nguyen   Ortega   Pacheco   Patel   Patterson   Pellerin   Petrie-Norris   Quirk-Silva   Ramos   Rivas   Celeste Rodriguez   Michelle Rodriguez   Rogers   Blanca Rubio   Sanchez   Schiavo   Schultz   Sharp-Collins   Solache   Soria   Stefani   Ta   Tangipa   Valencia   Wallis   Ward   Wilson   Zbur  
Subject Greek Independence Day.
Relating To
Title Relative to Greek Independence Day.
Last Action Dt 2025-05-05
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required None
Appropriation None
Fiscal Committee No
Local Program None
Substantive Changes None
Urgency None
Tax Levy None
Leginfo Link Bill
Actions
2025-05-05     Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11 a.m.
2025-05-05     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 53, Statutes of 2025.
2025-04-24     Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 888.)
2025-04-24     In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-04-22     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-04-02     From committee: Ordered to third reading.
2025-03-25     In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2025-03-24     Coauthors revised.
2025-03-24     Adopted and to Senate. (Page 806.)
2025-03-10     From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 10).
2025-02-24     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-19     From printer.
2025-02-18     Introduced. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-05-05
Enrolled     2025-04-25
Introduced     2025-02-18
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		<ns0:Title> Relative to Greek Independence Day. </ns0:Title>
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			<html:p>This measure would designate March 25, 2025, as Greek Independence Day.</html:p>
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			<ns0:FiscalCommittee>NO</ns0:FiscalCommittee>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, The ancient Greeks developed the concept of democracy, in which the supreme power to govern was vested in the people; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, The Founding Fathers of the United States drew heavily on the political experience and philosophy of ancient Greece in forming our representative democracy; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, After centuries of unsuccessful uprisings and failure of the Ottoman Empire to assimilate and convert the Greeks, the Greek War of Independence began in 1821 rising up against 400 years of occupation and oppression by the Ottoman Turks. During the dark years of the Ottoman occupation, thousands were killed and tortured for attending church or teaching their children Greek culture, history, and language; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, For eight years the fighting ensued, until 1829, when the Sultan Mahmud II, facing Russian troops at the gates of Constantinople, accepted Greek independence with the Treaty of Andrianople; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, March 25, 2025, marks the 204th anniversary of the rebellion and the tenacity of the Greek people to stand strong against the Ottoman Empire; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Greece played a major role in the World War II struggle to protect freedom and democracy; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Sir Winston Churchill said of the Greeks after this fighting, “Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks”; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Greece and the United States of America are at the forefront of the effort for freedom, democracy, peace, stability, and human rights; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Those and other ideals have forged a close bond between our two nations and their peoples; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Greek Independence Day reminds us of the strong principles and bonds that the United States of America and Greece share, including commitment to the democratic ideals of justice and freedom; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Approximately 3,000,000 Greek Americans have joined mainstream society and began to make significant contributions as Californians in the fields of finance, technology, law, medicine, education, sports, media, the arts, the military, and government, as well as in other areas; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Today, we take special note of those citizens and thank them for their innumerable contributions to our nation’s cultural, economic, and political heritage; now, therefore, be it</html:p>
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					<html:i>Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring,</html:i>
					 That the Legislature hereby designates March 25, 2025, as “Greek Independence Day: A Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy”; and be it further
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for distribution.
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Last Version Text Digest This measure would designate March 25, 2025, as Greek Independence Day.