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ACR 53
Authors
Bonta
Coauthors: Addis Aguiar-Curry Ahrens Alanis Arambula Ávila Farías Bains Bauer-Kahan Bennett Berman Bryan Calderon Caloza Castillo Connolly Davies DeMaio Dixon Elhawary Ellis Fong Garcia Gipson Mark González Hadwick Haney Harabedian Hart Hoover Irwin Jackson Kalra Krell Lackey Lowenthal Macedo McKinnor Nguyen Ortega Pacheco Patterson Pellerin Ramos Ransom Rivas Celeste Rodriguez Michelle Rodriguez Blanca Rubio Sanchez Schultz Solache Stefani Ta Tangipa Valencia Wallis Wicks Wilson
Subject
Women’s Equal Pay Day.
Relating To
Title
Relative to Women’s Equal Pay Day.
Last Action Dt
2025-05-05
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Status
Chaptered
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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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 58, Statutes of 2025.
2025-04-24		In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-04-24		Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 889.)
2025-04-22		Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-04-09		From committee: Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-01		In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2025-03-28		Coauthors revised.
2025-03-28		Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 917.)
2025-03-24		Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-03-24		From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 24).
2025-03-18		From printer.
2025-03-17		Introduced. To print.
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Chaptered		2025-05-05
Enrolled		2025-04-25
Introduced		2025-03-17
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Black and Hispanic women have the lowest median salary earnings, with Hispanic women earning an average of $43,880 and Black women earning an average of $50,470; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Forty-four percent of women experience gender discrimination and are much more likely to work a part-time job compared to men; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Despite high workforce participation and educational gains, the gender pay gap and occupational segregation have led to lower lifetime earnings and reduced retirement savings for women; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Multiple studies indicate that women tend to receive lower Social Security benefits, have lower rates of retirement account ownership, hold lower estimated retirement account balances, and own fewer assets than men, with the median retirement income for women over 65 years of age being 32.6 percent lower than that of men; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Gaps in retirement security are even larger for women of color, with 40 percent of white women over 65 years of age receiving income from a pension or retirement savings account, compared to 27 percent of Black women, 26 percent of Asian women, and 20 percent of Hispanic women; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Women of color are less likely to own assets such as homes, businesses, or stock market investments, which provide income and financial security later in life; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and business, as well as in managerial positions, and are overrepresented in teaching, assistant, and childcare occupations; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Fair pay in California would strengthen the security of individuals and families today, regardless of education or socioeconomic status, while enhancing our statewide economy; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, March 25 symbolizes the day in 2025 when the wages paid to women catch up to the wages paid to males from the previous year nationwide; 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 proclaims March 25, 2025, as Women’s Equal Pay Day in California in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all; 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 appropriate distribution.
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This measure would proclaim March 25, 2025, as Women’s Equal Pay Day in California in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.