SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SR 12
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Bill No: SR 12
Author: Wahab (D), et al.
Introduced: 1/13/25
Vote: Majority
SUBJECT: Lunar New Year
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution joins Asian and Pacific Islander communities
throughout the state, nation, and world in celebrating January 29, 2025, as the
beginning of the Lunar New Year and extends best wishes for a peaceful and
prosperous Lunar New Year to all Californians.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) January 29, 2025, will mark the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which is
celebrated in many Asian communities around the world, including in the
United States and especially in California.
2) California is home to nearly six million Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Iu-
Mien, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese,
and Vietnamese descent.
3) The Lunar New Year is predominantly celebrated by the two and a half million
Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Iu-Mien residents of California.
4) The celebration of the Lunar New Year in communities throughout California
illustrates the state’s rich cultural history and commitment to racial, religious,
and cultural diversity.
This resolution joins Asian and Pacific Islander communities throughout the state,
nation, and world in celebrating January 29, 2025, as the beginning of the Lunar
New Year and extends best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous Lunar New Year
to all Californians.
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Related/Prior Legislation
SR 54 (Min, 2024) – Adopted by the Senate.
AB 264 (Ting, Chapter 517, Statutes of 2023).
SR 10 (Nguyen, 2023) – Adopted by the Senate.
SR 7 (Min, 2023) – Adopted by the Senate.
HR 5 (Stephanie Nguyen, 2023) – Adopted by the Assembly.
AB 2596 (Low, Chapter 792, Statutes of 2022).
SR 64 (Pan, 2022) – Adopted by the Senate.
HR 80 (Kalra, 2022) – Adopted by the Assembly.
SCR 8 (Pan, Resolution Chapter 3, Statutes of 2021).
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
SUPPORT: (Verified 1/17/25)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified 1/17/25)
None received
Prepared by: Hunter Flynn / SFA / (916) 651-1520
1/22/25 13:43:15
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