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				<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
				<ns0:ActionDate>2025-05-19</ns0:ActionDate>
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				<ns0:ActionText>AMENDED_SENATE</ns0:ActionText>
				<ns0:ActionDate>2025-05-23</ns0:ActionDate>
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				<ns0:ActionText>PASSED_SENATE</ns0:ActionText>
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				<ns0:ActionText>ENROLLED</ns0:ActionText>
				<ns0:ActionDate>2025-05-30</ns0:ActionDate>
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			<ns0:SessionYear>2025</ns0:SessionYear>
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		<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Rubio</ns0:AuthorText>
		<ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_ORIGINATING">(Coauthors: Senators Hurtado and Umberg)</ns0:AuthorText>
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				<ns0:Contribution>LEAD_AUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
				<ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
				<ns0:Name>Rubio</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
				<ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
				<ns0:Name>Hurtado</ns0:Name>
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				<ns0:Contribution>COAUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
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				<ns0:Name>Umberg</ns0:Name>
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		<ns0:Title>Relative to California Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month. </ns0:Title>
		<ns0:RelatingClause>California Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month</ns0:RelatingClause>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death in the United States among children one through four years of age; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional death in the United States among children 5 through 14 years of age; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Drowning is the cause of emergency medical treatment for more than 1,200 children in California each year due to nonfatal submersions; 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, Childhood drownings and near drownings 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 near-drowning survivors suffer severe, permanent neurological disability, often resulting in high medical costs to the family and costs to the taxpayer of millions of dollars in medical benefits; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Two-thirds of all drownings occur between 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 Senate of the State of California, </html:i>
					 That the month of May 2025 be observed as California Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month; and be it further
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That Californians are encouraged to exercise caution, safety, and supervision of children in and near water; and be it further
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That families and individuals are encouraged to learn about lifesaving practices, first aid, water rescue skills, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and be it further
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Secretary of the Senate transit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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