HJR 24-1021 — Sexual Assault Awareness Month Denim Day 2024

HOUSESecond JOINTRegular RESOLUTIONSession 24-1021Seventy-fourth BYGeneral REPRESENTATIVE(S)Assembly DuranSTATE andOF Pugliese,COLORADO Amabile,ENGROSSED Armagost,LLS Bacon,NO. Bird, Boesenecker, Bradfield, Bradley, Brown, Catlin, Clifford, Daugherty, deGruy Kennedy, Epps, Frizell, Froelich, Garcia, Hamrick, Hartsook, Hernandez, Jodeh, Joseph, Kipp, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Lynch, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Marvin, Mauro, McCormick, McLachlan, Ortiz, Parenti, Rutinel, Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Vigil, Weinberg, Weissman, Willford, Woodrow, Young, McCluskie;

alsoR24-0856.01 SENATOR(S)June McCabe x4143 HJR24-1021 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Duran and PuglieseAmabile, Armagost, Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Bradfield, Bradley, Brown, Catlin, Clifford, Daugherty, deGruy Kennedy, Epps, Frizell, Froelich, Garcia, Hamrick, Hartsook, Hernandez, Jodeh, Joseph, Kipp, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Lynch, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Marvin, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, McLachlan, Ortiz,Parenti,Rutinel,Sirota,Snyder,Soper,Story,Taggart,Titone,Valdez,Velasco,Vigil, Weinberg, Weissman, Willford, Woodrow, Young SENATE SPONSORSHIP Winter F.

and Danielson, Bridges,House Buckner,Committees Coleman,Senate Exum,Committees Fields,HOUSE Gardner,JOINT Ginal,RESOLUTION Gonzales,24-1021 Hansen,C Hinrichsen,ONCERNING JaquezSEXUAL Lewis,ASSAULT Kirkmeyer,A Kolker,WARENESS Liston,M Lundeen,ONTH Marchman,, MichaelsonAND Jenet,, Mullica,IN PeltonCONNECTION B.,THEREWITH Priola,,RECOGNIZING Rich,APRIL Roberts,AS Rodriguez,S Simpson,EXUAL Smallwood,A Sullivan,SSAULT VanA Winkle,WARENESS Will,M Zenzinger,ONTH Fenberg.AND DESIGNATING A PRIL 24, 2024, ASC OLORADO DENIM DAY .

CONCERNINGWHEREAS,SexualAssaultAwarenessMonthofficiallybeganin SEXUAL2001, ASSAULTthough AWARENESSthe MONTH,movement AND,to INraise CONNECTIONawareness THEREWITH,for RECOGNIZINGand APRILput ASan SEXUALend ASSAULTto AWARENESSsexual MONTHviolence ANDcan DESIGNATINGbe APRILtraced 24,back 2024,much ASfurther; COLORADO DENIM DAY.

WHEREAS,and SexualWHEREAS,Decadesofactivismandpersistencebysurvivorsand Assaultadvocates Awarenessled Monthto officiallythe beganfounding inof 2001,the thoughfirst therape movementcrisis tocenter raisein awarenessthe forUnited States in 1971 and putthe anpassage endof legislation and funding to sexualsupport violencesurvivors, canincluding bethe traced"Violence backAgainst muchWomen further;Act of 1994";

and g WHEREAS, DecadesThe ofDenim activismDaycampaign andwas persistenceoriginallyspurred by survivors and advocates led to the founding of the first rape crisis center in thei United2 StatesS ine 19712 andO thel passagel ofShading legislationdenotes andHOUSE fundingamendment. to support survivors, including the "Violence Against Women Act of 1994";

andDouble WHEREAS,underlining Thedenotes DenimSENATE DayaHei campaignpent. was originally spurred in 1998 when the Italian Supreme Court ruled that a rape conviction would be overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans, she must have helped her rapist remove her jeans, thereby implying consent;

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1998 when the Italian Supreme Court ruled that a rape conviction would be overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans, she must have helped her rapist remove her jeans, thereby implying consent;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,Supportservicesforsurvivorsandadvocatescontinue Supporttorequiretranslationresourcestoservethe17%ofColorado'spopulation services for survivors and advocates continue to require translation resources to serve the 17% of Colorado's population who speak a language other than English;

and WHEREAS, Rural counties are home to 13% of Colorado's population,population,andsurvivorsoftenpointtolackoftransportationasabarrier and survivors often point to lack of transportation as a barrier to receiving services;

and WHEREAS, More resources involving translationtranslationand and transportation are needed to provide equitable access to services and to -2- 1021 further address sexual violence in Colorado;

and WHEREAS, Current efforts to make services more accessible to allallColoradansdemonstrate ColoradanstheColoradoGeneralAssembly'sdedication demonstrate the Colorado General Assembly's dedication to advancing protections for survivors;

and PAGEWHEREAS,Continuedactionisneededtofurtherexpandsupport 2-HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 24-1021 WHEREAS, Continued action is needed to further expand support services throughout the state so that we can continue doing what we do in denim;

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this JoinJoint BrieResolution Franklin, executive director of CCASA® Sen .esolution be sent to JulieBrie McCtuskieFranklin, _executive 7director “Steveof FenbergCCASA. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE Robin Jones Cindi L.

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