HR 48
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Date of Hearing: July 14, 2025
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Blanca Pacheco, Chair
HR 48 (Pellerin) – As Introduced July 10, 2025
SUBJECT: The 105th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
SUMMARY: Recognizes the 105 years since the passage of the 19th amendment, and urges all
Californians to join in celebrating the anniversary of the 19th amendment. Specifically, this
resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) The 19th Amendment, which legally guaranteed American women the right to vote, was
ratified on August 18, 1920. Nearly a decade prior, California became the sixth state in the
nation to approve political equality, approving women’s suffrage in California after the
Legislature placed Proposition 4 on the ballot, which voters approved on October 10, 1911.
2) Initially introduced to Congress in 1878, suffragists picketed, lobbied states, and challenged
male-only voting laws in courts until Congress passed the amendment on June 4, 1919.
3) Recognizing that although the amendment represented gains in women’s enfranchisement,
women of color were continually excluded for another 45 years until the passage of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965.
4) Women with disabilities were only able to secure protections in 1990 after the passage of the
Americans with Disabilities Act.
5) Women voters have improved the state by exercising their position at the ballot box,
lobbying their representatives, and forming civic leagues nationwide.
6) The 19th Amendment played a pivotal role in promoting reproductive rights for women. As
a result, women experienced economic progress with the increased availability of family-
planning services and supplies, allowing more women to enroll in higher education and enter
professional occupations.
FISCAL EFFECT: This resolution is keyed non-fiscal by Legislative Counsel.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Michael Erke / RLS. / (916) 319-2800