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ACR 77
Authors
Davies
Coauthors: Addis Aguiar-Curry Ahrens Alvarez Ávila Farías Bains Bauer-Kahan Bennett Berman Boerner Bonta Bryan Calderon Caloza Carrillo Chen Connolly DeMaio Dixon Ellis Gallagher Fong Gabriel Garcia Gipson Mark González Hadwick Haney Harabedian Hart Hoover Irwin Jackson Kalra Krell Lackey Lee Lowenthal Macedo McKinnor Muratsuchi Nguyen Ortega Pacheco Papan Patel Patterson Pellerin Petrie-Norris Ransom Rivas Celeste Rodriguez Michelle Rodriguez Rogers Blanca Rubio Schiavo Schultz Sharp-Collins Solache Soria Ta Tangipa Valencia Wallis Ward Wicks Wilson Zbur
Subject
Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month.
Relating To
Title
Relative to Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month.
Last Action Dt
2025-07-10
State
Chaptered
Status
Chaptered
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Vote Required
None
Appropriation
None
Fiscal Committee
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None
Substantive Changes
None
Urgency
None
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None
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2025-07-10		Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
2025-07-10		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 142, Statutes of 2025.
2025-07-03		Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1933.)
2025-07-03		In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-07-01		Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-05-28		From committee: Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-19		In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2025-05-15		Coauthors revised.
2025-05-15		Adopted and to Senate. (Page 1565.)
2025-05-12		Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-05-12		From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 12).
2025-05-06		From printer.
2025-05-05		Introduced. To print.
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Chaptered		2025-07-10
Enrolled		2025-07-08
Introduced		2025-05-05
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		<ns0:Title> Relative to Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month. </ns0:Title>
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			<html:p>This measure would proclaim the month of May 2025 as Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month in California and recognize Nadina Riggsbee, her daughter, Samira, and her son, JJ, in honor of Ms. Riggsbee’s retirement from her position as the President and Founder of the Drowning Prevention Foundation.</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, According to the Drowning Prevention Foundation and the State Department of Public Health’s EPICenter injury surveillance system, drowning is the leading cause of death among children 1 to 4 years of age, inclusive, the second leading cause of death for children 5 to 14 years of age, inclusive, and the third leading cause of death for teenagers and youth 15 to 24 years of age, inclusive; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, More than 430 Californians of all ages suffer fatal drowning incidents annually and hundreds more become nonfatal, rescued, drowning victims; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, In the United States, for every child who dies from drowning, another seven receive emergency department care for nonfatal submersion injuries; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Survivors of nonfatal drowning are often left with permanent brain damage and require lifelong assistance; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Childhood drowning and nonfatal drowning can happen in a matter of seconds; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Eighty-eight percent of all child drowning incidents occur when an adult is present; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, As many as 20 percent of nonfatal drowning survivors suffer severe, permanent neurological disability, often resulting in high medical costs to the family and millions of dollars in costs to taxpayers in the form of medical benefits; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Often drowning occurs silently without any warning or splashing sounds; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, It is crucial for families to learn essential lifesaving practices to prevent drowning and to safeguard their children’s safety; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Two-thirds of all drowning accidents occur between the months of May and August; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, The month of May of each year is recognized as National Drowning Prevention Month and National Water Safety Month; 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 month of May 2025 be observed as Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month in California; and be it further
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Legislature hereby recognizes Nadina Riggsbee, her daughter, Samira, and her son, JJ, in honor of Ms. Riggsbee’s retirement from her position as the President and Founder of the Drowning Prevention Foundation and to acknowledge her role as California’s matriarch of drowning prevention. Ms. Riggsbee has worked tirelessly for more than 30 years to further the cause of drowning prevention in California and to support the development of many successful state, regional, and local drowning prevention and child safety organizations while providing care and support to other families affected by the loss of a child to drowning; 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 the month of May 2025 as Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month in California and recognize Nadina Riggsbee, her daughter, Samira, and her son, JJ, in honor of Ms. Riggsbee’s retirement from her position as the President and Founder of the Drowning Prevention Foundation.