SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SR 31
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Bill No: SR 31
Author: Wahab (D), et al.
Amended: 4/9/25
Vote: Majority
SUBJECT: Women’s Equal Pay Day
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution proclaims March 25, 2024, as Women’s Equal Pay
Day in California, in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in
earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.
Senate Floor Amendments of 4/9/25 change one of the findings of the resolution,
and make technical changes.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) More than 60 years after the passage of the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963,
women, especially women of color, continue to suffer the consequences of
unequal pay.
2) Women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology,
engineering, mathematics, and business, as well as in managerial positions, and
are overrepresented in teaching, assistant, and childcare occupations.
3) According to the United States Census Bureau, women who work full time year
round make $0.83 for every dollar a man is paid. A lifetime of lower pay means
women have less income to save for retirement and less income counted in a
social security or pension benefit formula.
4) March 25 symbolizes the day in 2025 when the wages paid to women catch up
to the wages paid to males from the previous year nationwide.
This resolution proclaims March 25, 2025, as Women’s Equal Pay Day in
California, in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by
women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.
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Related/Prior Legislation
SCR 127 (Wahab, Resolution Chapter 79, Statutes of 2024)
SR 80 (Min, 2024) – Adopted in Senate.
HR 99 (Bains, 2024) – Adopted in Assembly.
ACR 42 (Addis, Resolution Chapter 44, Statutes of 2023)
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
SUPPORT: (Verified 4/10/25)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified 4/10/25)
None received
Prepared by: Hunter Flynn / SFA / (916) 651-1520
4/10/25 11:56:53
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