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CA SJR14

Joint Resolution

Status

Passed

9/11/2018

Primary Sponsor

Steve Glazer

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress and the President to rename federal buildings, parks, roadways, highway markers, landmarks, and military bases that bear the names of elected or military leaders of the Confederate States of America

  • Urges Congress to remove statues or busts of Confederate elected or military leaders from the United States Capitol and place them in museums for proper historic context

  • Cites the 2015 California legislation prohibiting Confederate names on state property and references the 2016 California resolution with similar urging to Congress

  • References the August 2017 Charlottesville violent protest as impetus, noting the death of counter-protester Heather Heyer and the association of Confederate symbols with white supremacist movements

  • Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader, and California's congressional delegation

Legislative Description

Confederate names and statues.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 240, Statutes of 2018.

9/11/2018

Committee Referrals

Judiciary8/6/2018
Rules9/1/2017

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