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CA AJR33

Joint Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

9/5/2018

Primary Sponsor

Monique Limon

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Origin

State Assembly

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Urges federal leaders and the United States to embrace the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted by 122 nations in July 2017
  • Calls for making nuclear disarmament the centerpiece of national security policy
  • Advocates renouncing first-use of nuclear weapons and ending the President's sole authority to launch nuclear attacks
  • Recommends taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert and canceling plans to replace the entire arsenal with enhanced weapons
  • Notes approximately 15,000 nuclear warheads still exist globally, with 95% held by the United States and Russia, and planned U.S. expenditure of more than $1 trillion to enhance the nuclear arsenal

Legislative Description

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 196, Statutes of 2018.

9/5/2018

Committee Referrals

Rules8/21/2018
Public Safety6/14/2018

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