SR 23-005 — Single Parent Day

SENATEFirst RESOLUTIONRegular 23-005Session BYSeventy-fourth SENATOR(S)General ZenzingerAssembly andSTATE Rich,OF Baisley,COLORADO Bridges,ENGROSSED Buckner,LLS Coleman,NO. Danielson, Exum, Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, PeltonB., PeltonR., Priola,Roberts, Rodriguez, Simpson, Smallwood, Sullivan, Van Winkle, Will, Winter F., Fenberg.

CONCERNINGR23-0844.01 RECOGNITIONJessica OFChapman SINGLEx4636 PARENTSR23-005 DAYSENATE INSPONSORSHIP COLORADO.Zenzinger and Rich, Baisley, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Danielson, Exum, Fenberg, Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Priola, Roberts, Rodriguez, Simpson, Smallwood, Sullivan, Van Winkle, Will, Winter F.

Senate Committees SENATE RESOLUTION 23-005 C ONCERNING RECOGNITION OF SINGLE PARENT D AY IN C OLORADO .

and WHEREAS, Parents invest an immeasurable amount oftime,of time, energy, and devotion to raise their children and to provide them with the support and guidancerequiredtoguidance required to become responsible, productive, and successful adults;

and WHEREAS, The responsibility of raising children is particularly difficult when it falls on the shouldersofshoulders of a single parent, whether it be due to divorce, death, or any other circumstance;

Census data, almost a quarter ofU.S.of U.S.

families with children under 18 years of age are single-parent families, _amountingamounting to over 10 million households.

In 2020, nearly 19 millionmillionchildrenwerelivinginsingle-parentfamiliesintheUnitedStates; children were living in single-parent families in the United States;

and WHEREAS,g In3 1984,E then-Presidentd Ronald2 ReaganA declarede March1 asN "Nationall Singleh ParentShading Day";denotes HOUSE amendment.

now,Double therefore,underlining Bedenotes ItSENATE ResolvedbyamendmentS thei Senater oftheCapital Seventy-fourthletters GeneralAssemblyor ofthebold State& ofColorado:italic numbers indicate new material to be added to exFsMing law.

ThatDashes we,through the memberswords oftheor Coloradonumbers Senate,indicate continuedeletions tofrom designateexisting Marchlaw. 21 as "SingleParentDay in Colorado" inrespectful recognition of single parents in Colorado.

BeItFurtherResolved,WHEREAS, ThatIn acopy1984, ofthisthen-President resolutionRonald beReagan senttodeclared JaniceMarch S.21 as "National Single Parent Day";

Moglenow, ,therefore, ngtimeBe ColoradoIt advocateResolved forby Singlethe ParentSenate Day.of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SteveThat nwe, ethe gmembers Cindiof L.the Colorado Senate, continue to designate March 21 as "Single Parent Day in Colorado" in respectful recognition of single parents in Colorado.

MarkwellBe PRESIDENTIt OFFurther SECRETARYResolved, OFThat THEa SENATEcopy THEof SENATEthis PAGEresolution 2-SENATEbe RESOLUTIONsent 23-005to Janice S.

Moglen, longtime Colorado advocate for Single Parent Day.

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