CA ACR190

Recognizes June 19, 2022, as Juneteenth and urges Californians to celebrate the day honoring African American history and contributions to the United States.

Commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, effectively freeing the last enslaved people in America nearly two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Notes that Juneteenth became the first federally recognized emancipation celebration when President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law on June 17, 2021, making it the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

Acknowledges that 48 states now recognize Juneteenth as an official state holiday or day of observance, with only Hawaii and South Dakota not recognizing it as of 2021.

Directs the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.