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CA SJR22

Joint Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

5/3/2012

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Simitian

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes May 3, 2012, as World Press Freedom Day 2012 in California
  • Encourages all state legislatures throughout the United States to recognize May 3, 2012, as World Press Freedom Day 2012
  • Condemns actions against the exercise of a free press and reaffirms the importance of press freedom in California and the United States
  • Commends journalists worldwide for their role in promoting government accountability and notes that at least 31 journalists died in 2012 and over 1,139 since 1997 due to their profession
  • Acknowledges that only 15 percent of the world's population lives in countries with a free press and that press freedom is in decline globally

Legislative Description

World Press Freedom Day 2012.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 17, Statutes of 2012.

5/3/2012

Committee Referrals

Rules3/22/2012

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