| Author | Title | Citation | Document Type | Case Status | Summary | Year | Relevancy |
| Helen H. Kang |
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR REDLINED COMMUNITIES DISPLACED BY ECO-GENTRIFICATION |
26 Mich. J. Race & L. 23 (Winter, 2021) [Michigan Journal of Race and Law] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
R1-2INTRODUCTION . L323 I. De Jure Segregation in the City of San Francisco and the Displacement of Black Residents from the Bayview-Hunters Point Neighborhood. 24 A. The De Jure Segregation of Bayview-Hunters Point. 26 B. Continuation of De Jure Segregation Through Redlining and Other Government Actions. 27 C. Intensification of Segregation and... |
2021 |
|
| Lynn D. Lu |
RESTORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND "RADICAL HELP": REIMAGINING WELFARE-TO-WORK BEYOND THE MARKET-FAMILY DIVIDE |
50 U. Balt. L. Rev. 287 (Spring, 2021) [University of Baltimore Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
INTRODUCTION. 288 I. WORKFARE AS PUNISHMENT AND THE MARKET-FAMILY DIVIDE. 293 II. RESTORING THE SAFETY NET FOR SANCTIONS: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PUNITIVE WORKFARE. 303 A. Choosing Relationships Over Retribution. 303 B. The Long Shadow of Sanctions. 310 III. REVIVING RELATIONAL WORK: RADICAL HELP AS VOLUNTARY AFFIRMATIVE SUPPORT.... |
2021 |
|
| Rachael E. Salcido |
RETOOLING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
39 UCLA J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1 (2021) [UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
This Article responds to environmental justice arguments that undermine, rather than safeguard, health and environmental quality for low-income and minority populations. Efforts by scholars and practitioners to clearly define environmental injustice to facilitate use of racial discrimination legal frameworks have had minimal success and are... |
2021 |
|
| John G. Browning |
RIGHTING PAST WRONGS: POSTHUMOUS BAR ADMISSIONS AND THE QUEST FOR RACIAL JUSTICE |
21 Berkeley J. Afr.-Am. L. & Pol'y 1 (2021) [Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Introduction. 1 I. Takuji Yamashita. 4 II. George Vashon. 9 III. Hong Yen Chang. 14 IV. Sei Fujii. 21 V. William Herbert Johnson. 25 VI. J.H. Williams, And More Stories To Be Told. 28 Conclusion. 34 Appendix A. 37 Appendix B. 38 Appendix C. 41 Appendix D. 42 |
2021 |
|
| Jonathan Andrew Perez |
RIOTING BY A DIFFERENT NAME: THE VOICE OF THE UNHEARD IN THE AGE OF GEORGE FLOYD, AND THE HISTORY OF THE LAWS, POLICIES, AND LEGISLATION OF SYSTEMIC RACISM |
24 J. Gender Race & Just. 87 (Spring, 2021) [Journal of Gender, Race and Justice] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
I. Introduction. 88 II. Looting Economic Equity from Black America. 96 A. The Statistics of Black Overrepresentation in the Criminal Justice System. 96 B. How Overrepresentation in the Criminal Justice System Affects Black Communities. 97 C. COVID-19 Amplifies The Looting of Black America. 101 III. The Anxiety of a Counterfeit America: Protests and... |
2021 |
|
| Thomas Fisher |
SEEKING INTERNATIONAL RELIEF FOR UYGHURS IN CHINA |
20 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 253 (2021) [Washington University Global Studies Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Uyghur Muslims in China have been the target of Chinese persecution, most recently ramping up in 2017. The Uyghurs are a Turkish minority ethnic group originating in central and east Asia; approximately 11 million Uyghurs live in Western China's Xinjiang region, the majority of which are Muslims. Reports on the internment of Uyghurs in Chinese... |
2021 |
|
| Olympia Duhart |
SOCIAL DISTANCING AS A PRIVILEGE: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL DISPARITIES ON THE COVID-19 CRISIS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY |
37 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1305 (Summer, 2021) [Georgia State University Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
There is a harsh reality for people living with the COVID-19 restrictions in the same city. Though the virus has been called an equal opportunity threat, the truth is that it has had a deadly, disproportionate impact on Black and Brown people. The COVID-19 pandemic has crushed communities of color. Among Black Americans, who make up around 13% of... |
2021 |
|
| |
Spotlight |
27 No. 11 Quinlan, Special Education Law Bulletin NL 1 (11/1/2021) [Special Education Law Bulletin] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
By Amy Clark With the 2021-2022 school year underway, schools around the nation are beginning to dig out of hole created by school closures and try to survey the damage. One of the first things schools are doing is testing students so that they can analyze the data and see how far students fell behind. As educators begin to look at this data, one... |
2021 |
|
| Dianne Post |
STATE OF EMERGENCY: HOW WE WIN THE COUNTRY WE BUILT BY TAMIKA D. MALLORY AS TOLD TO ASHLEY A. COLEMAN (NEW YORK, NY: ATRIA/BLACK PRIVILEGE PUBLISHING, 2021). 227 PGS. $19.96 ORDER |
94-AUG Wis. Law. 62 (July/August, 2021) [Wisconsin Lawyer] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
This combination of personal memoir and political manifesto is divided into three parts: how we got here, where we are, and where we are going. Readers' relationship to the book might coincide with their experience in, knowledge of, and involvement with the Black struggle. It is useful to understand some history, reality, and feelings of Blacks. It... |
2021 |
|
| Florence Wagman Roisman |
STRUCTURAL RACISM IN HOUSING IN INDIANAPOLIS |
18 Ind. Health L. Rev. 355 (2021) [Indiana Health Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
[N]ow arise political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat .. We face an attack on our democracy and on truth. A raging virus, growing inequity, the sting of systemic racism, a climate in crisis. Structural racism is a newly popular term but a long-standing problem. It has been defined as the... |
2021 |
|
| |
SYMPOSIUM TRANSCRIPT |
33 St. Thomas L. Rev. 107 (Spring, 2021) [Saint Thomas Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
The symposium was moderated by Professor andré douglas pond cummings of University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Daniel Gabuardi: Good morning everyone, and welcome to the St. Thomas Law Review Symposium on Race and Policing in America. My name is Daniel Gabuardi, I am the Law Review Article Solicitation Editor and Host... |
2021 |
|
| |
THE AGREEMENT AND THE GIRMITIYA |
134 Harv. L. Rev. 1826 (March, 2021) [Harvard Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
What I want to say in this letter, wrote the exasperated Viceroy of India in a telegram to the London-based Secretary of State for India, is that the time for palliatives is past, . and that, if public opinion--and this won't remain a purely Indian question--is to be satisfied, recruiting must stop. Weeks later, on March 10, 1917, the British... |
2021 |
|
| Jonathan M. Smith |
THE CIVIL RIGHTS CHALLENGE FACING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION |
46 Hum. Rts. 6 (2021) [Human Rights] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
As the Biden administration takes office, the nation is gripped in a crisis about race exacerbated by the words and deeds of Donald Trump. An increasingly bold and violent white supremacy movement is on the rise. In October 2020, the Department of Homeland Security described white supremacy organizations as the most persistent and lethal threat in... |
2021 |
|
| Yong-Shik Lee , Natsu Taylor Saito , Jonathan Todres |
THE FALLACY OF CONTRACT IN SEXUAL SLAVERY: A RESPONSE TO RAMSEYER'S "CONTRACTING FOR SEX IN THE PACIFIC WAR" |
42 Mich. J. Int'l L. 291 (Winter, 2021) [Michigan Journal of International Law] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Over seven decades have passed since the Second World War but, despite the passage of time, the trauma from the most destructive war in history remains and controversies over the extent and even the existence of some of the cruelest war crimes, such as sexual slavery enforced by Japan, continue with attempts to rewrite history and to exonerate... |
2021 |
|
| Christopher J. Tyson |
THE IMPACT OF MUNICIPAL FISCAL CRISIS ON EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT |
48 Fordham Urb. L.J. 883 (April, 2021) [Fordham Urban Law Journal] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Introduction. 883 I. Redevelopment Authorities and Land Banks. 888 A. History. 890 B. Redevelopment Authorities and Land Banks Today. 896 II. Redevelopment's Vulnerability to Municipal Fiscal Crisis. 907 III. The Role of Federal Policy. 912 Conclusion. 917 |
2021 |
|
| Chaim Saiman |
THE LAW WANTS TO BE FORMAL |
96 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1067 (January, 2021) [Notre Dame Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
This Article examines the relationship between the formalism of an area of law, and whether it plays a central role in the legal system. English and American law were traditionally comprised of formalist private law doctrines. The influence of legal realism and the New Deal, however, caused these systems to diverge. While American private law was... |
2021 |
|
| Fred O. Smith, Jr. |
THE OTHER ORDINARY PERSONS |
78 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1071 (Summer, 2021) [Washington and Lee Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
If originalism aims to center the original public meaning of text, who constitutes the public? Are we doing enough to capture historically excluded voices: impoverished white planters; dispossessed Natives; silenced women; and the enslaved? If not, what more is required? And for those who are not originalists, how do we ensure that, as American... |
2021 |
|
| Artika R. Tyner |
THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP: STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF MASS INCARCERATION ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY |
28 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 885 (Spring, 2021) [George Mason Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
The wealth gap between blacks and whites is projected to take 228 years to bridge, which may appear to be an insurmountable challenge. Yet, identifying the challenge and facing the reality of its contributing factors is the first step towards addressing the issue. Economists and scholars have identified many contributing factors influencing this... |
2021 |
|
| Lorelei Lee |
THE ROOTS OF "MODERN DAY SLAVERY": THE PAGE ACT AND THE MANN ACT |
52 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 1199 (Spring, 2021) [Columbia Human Rights Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Usage of the phrase modern day slavery to describe human trafficking, especially sex trafficking, is widespread despite work by numerous scholars and activists to point out how such usage harms attempts to remedy both slavery and trafficking. In order to more clearly recognize the continuing harms of this usage, it is imperative that we know its... |
2021 |
|
| Courtney Trombly |
THE SPACE RACE: FUTILE FIGHTING FOR FINITE FINDINGS |
31 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 118 (2021) [Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
The advent of space exploration has brought a myriad of exciting new discoveries, among which are materials and resources. Such resources include sunlight and elements contained in the atmosphere, as well as materials included within the regolith (unconsolidated material that overlies solid rock on planetary bodies). The materials--which include... |
2021 |
|
| Brence D. Pernell |
THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT AND EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY |
39 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 420 (Spring, 2021) [Yale Law and Policy Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Inequities for Black Americans, including educational ones, are now often rooted in neutral policies--ones facially innocent, but effectively discriminatory. This Article helps establish the Thirteenth Amendment as a viable alternative in antidiscrimination law for challenging such policies. While undoing these policies has traditionally been the... |
2021 |
|
| Larry J. Pittman |
THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT AND EQUAL PROTECTION: A STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION TO "FREE" THE AMENDMENT |
27 Wm. & Mary J. Race, Gender & Soc. Just. 461 (Winter, 2021) [William and Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
The hope is that the Court will one day hold that the Thirteenth Amendment has its own equal protection clause or component and that strict scrutiny will not be used for benign racial classifications designed to eradicate current badges and incidents of slavery. This Article critiques the Court's decision in the Civil Rights Cases regarding the... |
2021 |
|
| Heinz Klug |
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL ON CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY |
2021 Wis. L. Rev. 465 (2021) [Wisconsin Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
While the University of Wisconsin (UW) Law School and its faculty are recognized as having a long tradition of law and society scholarship, it is only over the last decade that its contributions to debates over both domestic and international constitutionalism and democracy have gained increasing recognition. Whether in democratization,... |
2021 |
|
| Michelle Y. Ewert |
THEIR HOME IS NOT THEIR CASTLE: SUBSIDIZED HOUSING'S INTRUSION INTO FAMILY PRIVACY AND DECISIONAL AUTONOMY |
99 N.C. L. Rev. 869 (May, 2021) [North Carolina Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
The anti-Black racism that has permeated public benefits programs and federal housing policy for over a century persists in subsidized rental housing. Public housing authorities (PHAs) impede the ability of tenants--who are disproportionately Black women--to change household composition as their family situations change. PHAs routinely take... |
2021 |
|
| Angela Olivia Burton, Esq., Angeline Montauban |
TOWARD COMMUNITY CONTROL OF CHILD WELFARE FUNDING: REPEAL THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT AND DELINK CHILD PROTECTION FROM FAMILY WELL-BEING |
11 Colum. J. Race & L. 639 (July, 2021) [Columbia Journal of Race and Law] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act mandates reporting, investigation, and prosecution of allegedly abusive and neglectful parents. Commonly known as child protective services (CPS), this family policing system uses the government's police power to disrupt, surveil, control, and destroy hundreds of thousands of Black families based on... |
2021 |
|
| David R. Katner |
TRUMP'S POLICY OF PUTTING KIDS IN CAGES: SIX DEAD, THOUSANDS SEPARATED FROM PARENTS, MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN? |
28 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 87 (Spring, 2021) [Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Introduction. 88 I. Conditions of Children's Detentions at the U.S. Border. 96 II. The Traumatic Impact of Separating Children from Parents and Locking them Up. 105 A. The Complications and Manipulations of Conditions of Poverty. 110 B. Need for Therapeutic Interventions for Children and Adolescents Separated from Parents by the Trump... |
2021 |
|
| Onur Bakiner |
TRUTH COMMISSION IMPACT ON POLICY, COURTS, AND SOCIETY |
17 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 73 (2021) [Annual Review of Law and Social Science] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
truth commissions, transitional justice, human rights, social justice This review surveys the philosophical underpinnings, conceptual frames, and methodological choices informing the scholarship on truth commission impact to examine whether, how, how much, and why truth commissions influence policy, court decisions, and social norms. It focuses on... |
2021 |
|
| Kathleen Bicek Bezdichek, J.D. |
Validity, Construction, and Application of § 6700 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.A. § 6700) Imposing Civil Penalties for Promoting Abusive Tax Shelters |
36 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 377 (Originally published in 2009) (2021) [American Law Reports ALR Federal 2d] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
The promotion of abusive tax shelters has wide-reaching effects in our society, including the liability of taxpayers who rely on the promoters' false or fraudulent tax advice, dissipation of the courts' time by continual litigation over frivolous theories, and loss of tax revenues to the government. Section 6700 of the Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.... |
2021 |
|
| Aris Folley |
Viola Fletcher, oldest living survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, testifies in Congress 'seeking justice' |
(5/19/2021) [The Hill] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, testified before Congress on Wednesday seeking justice a century after one of the most horrific racist attacks in the nations history. |
2021 |
|
| Kalen Coleman |
WAKE UP OR GET WOKE: THE PARADOX OF AMERICA'S DIPLOMATIC EXPORT OF HIP HOP |
43 Hastings Comm. & Ent L.J. 59 (Winter, 2021) [Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (COMM/ENT)] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
Since 2001, the United States has been sending hip hop artists overseas to perform and promote American culture. But hip hop began in the South Bronx of New York City, driven by disaffected and impoverished African American youth who gave voice to their discontent. There is an inherent hypocrisy in the appropriation and export of a subculture whose... |
2021 |
|
| Kevin Drakulich , Kevin H. Wozniak , John Hagan , Devon Johnson |
WHOSE LIVES MATTERED? HOW WHITE AND BLACK AMERICANS FELT ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER IN 2016 |
55 Law & Soc'y Rev. 227 (June, 2021) [Law and Society Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
White Americans, on average, do not support Black Lives Matter, while Black Americans generally express strong support. The lack of support among white Americans is striking, and we argue that it matters why this racial gap exists. Using a nationally representative survey collected during the crest of the first wave of widespread attention to the... |
2021 |
|
| Annie Bunting , Heather Tasker , Emily Lockhart |
WOMEN'S LAW-MAKING AND CONTESTATIONS OF "MARRIAGE" IN AFRICAN CONFLICT SITUATIONS |
55 Law & Soc'y Rev. 614 (December, 2021) [Law and Society Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
|
International criminal law has developed significantly over the past 20 years since the establishment of the ad hoc Tribunals and International Criminal Court. Much scholarly attention has focused on the politics and jurisprudence of these courts, with particular focus on the prosecution of sexual and gender-based violence. This article adds to the... |
2021 |
|
| Pan (S), Arambula (A) , Chiu (A), Becker (S) , Burke (A) , Cortese (S) , Durazo (S) , Gabriel (A) , Gonzalez (S) , Holden (A) , Kamlager (S) , Leyva (S) , Min (S) , Robert Rivas (A) , Rubio (S) , Umberg (S) |
2021 CA S.B. 17 (NS) |
2021 California Senate Bill No. 17, California 2021-2022 Regular Session (7/1/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
An act to add Section 12816 to, and to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 8303) of Division 1 of Title 2 of of, the Government Code, relating to state government. AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 1, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 20, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 5, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 25, 2021 SENATE BILL No. 17 Introduced by Senator Pan (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula and Chiu) (Coauthors: Senators Becker, Cortese, Durazo, Gonzalez, Leyva, Kamlager, Min, Rubio, and Umberg) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Holden Burke,... |
2021 |
|
| Pan (S), Arambula (A) , Chiu (A), Becker (S) , Cortese (S) , Durazo (S) , Gonzalez (S) , Holden (A) , Kamlager (S) , Leyva (S) , Min (S) , Robert Rivas (A) , Rubio (S) , Umberg (S) |
2021 CA S.B. 17 (NS) |
2021 California Senate Bill No. 17, California 2021-2022 Regular Session (5/20/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
An act to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 8303) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to state government. AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 20, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 5, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 25, 2021 SENATE BILL No. 17 Introduced by Senator Pan (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula and Chiu) (Coauthors: Senators Becker, Cortese, Durazo, Gonzalez, Leyva, Kamlager, Min, and Rubio Rubio, and Umberg) (Coauthor: Assembly Member (Coauthors: Assembly Members Holden and Robert Rivas) December 7, 2020 An... |
2021 |
|
| Pan (S), Arambula (A) , Chiu (A), Becker (S) , Cortese (S) , Durazo (S) , Gonzalez (S) , Min (S) , Robert Rivas (A) , Rubio (S) |
2021 CA S.B. 17 (NS) |
2021 California Senate Bill No. 17, California 2021-2022 Regular Session (4/15/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
An act to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 8303) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to state government. AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 5, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 25, 2021 SENATE BILL No. 17 Introduced by Senator Pan (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula and Chiu) (Coauthors: Senators Becker, Cortese, Durazo, Gonzalez, Min, and Rubio) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Robert Rivas) December 7, 2020 An act to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 8303) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government... |
2021 |
|
| Pan (S), Arambula (A) , Chiu (A), Cortese (S) , Durazo (S) , Gonzalez (S) , Robert Rivas (A) , Rubio (S) |
2021 CA S.B. 17 (NS) |
2021 California Senate Bill No. 17, California 2021-2022 Regular Session (4/5/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
An act to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 8303) to of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to state government. AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 5, 2021 AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 25, 2021 SENATE BILL No. 17 Introduced by Senator Pan (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula and Chiu) (Coauthors: Senators Cortese, Durazo, and Gonzalez Gonzalez, and Rubio) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Robert Rivas and Weber) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Robert Rivas) December 7, 2020 An act to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 8303) to of Division 1 of... |
2021 |
|
| Pan (S), Arambula (A) , Chiu (A), Cortese (S) , Durazo (S) , Gonzalez (S) , Robert Rivas (A) , Weber (A) |
2021 CA S.B. 17 (NS) |
2021 California Senate Bill No. 17, California 2021-2022 Regular Session (2/25/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
An act to add Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 8303) to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to public health. state government. AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 25, 2021 SENATE BILL No. 17 Introduced by Senator Pan (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula and Chiu) (Coauthor: Senator Durazo) (Coauthors: Senators Cortese, Durazo, and Gonzalez) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Robert Rivas and Weber) December 7, 2020 An act to add Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 8303) to Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to public health. state government.... |
2021 |
|
| |
2021 CONG US HCON 19 |
117th CONGRESS, 1st Session (2/25/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Rush, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Evans, Ms. Dean, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Casten, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Neguse,... |
2021 |
|
| |
2021 CONG US HR 1111 |
117th CONGRESS, 1st Session (2/18/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, and for other purposes. Ms. Lee of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform To establish a Department of Peacebuilding, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (a) Short Title. This Act may be cited as the 'Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2021'. (b) Table of Contents. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Congress finds the following: (1) On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental... |
2021 |
|
| |
2021 CONG US HRES 226 |
117th CONGRESS, 1st Session (3/11/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all. Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. Evans, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Rush, Ms. Omar, Mr. Jones, Ms. Bush, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Blumenauer, and Ms. Velazquez) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed... |
2021 |
|
| |
2021 CONG US HRES 438 |
117th CONGRESS, 1st Session (5/25/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
Third Reconstruction: Fully addressing poverty and low wages from the bottom up. Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Bush, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Kahele, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Meng, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Lieu, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Rush, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Jones, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Carson, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Adams, Ms. Newman, and Mr. McGovern) submitted the following... |
2021 |
|
| |
2021 CONG US SCON 6 |
117th CONGRESS, 1st Session (2/25/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, Mr. Coons, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Padilla) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. Whereas the first ship carrying enslaved Africans to what is now known as the United States of... |
2021 |
|
| Rep. Anthony L. Nolan, |
2021 CT H.B. 6267 (NS) |
2021 Connecticut House Bill No. 6267, Connecticut General Assembly - January Session, 2021 (1/29/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
To establish a task force to study current and historical racial inequity and inequality. Proposed Bill No. 6267 General Assembly January Session, 2021 LCO No. 2215 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: REP. NOLAN, 39th Dist. AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY RACIAL INEQUITY AND INEQUALITY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That a task force be created to (1) identify and document the institution of slavery that existed within this country historically and, in particular, this state, (2) make recommendations for... |
2021 |
|
| Chairman Mendelson |
2021 DC L.R. 90 (NS) |
2021 Washington DC Legislative Resolution No. 90, Washington DC Council Period Twenty-Four (2/12/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
To appoint Ms. Nkechi Taifa to the Corrections Information Council Governing Board. _ Chairman Phil Mendelson A PROPOSED RESOLUTION _ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _ To appoint Ms. Nkechi Taifa to the Corrections Information Council Governing Board. RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the Corrections Information Council Governing Board Nkechi Taifa Appointment Resolution of 2021". Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia appoints: Ms. Nkechi Taifa 27th..." |
2021 |
|
| Bruce, Roger 61st; Beverly, James 143rd; Boddie, William 62nd; Jackson, Derrick 64th; Thomas, Erica 39th; Bazemore, Debra 63rd |
2021 GA H.B. 541 (NS) |
2021 Georgia House Bill No. 541, Georgia One Hundred Fifty-Sixth General Assembly - 2021-2022 Regular Session (2/18/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
Georgia Equity and Fairness Commission Act; enact House Bill 541 By: Representatives Bruce of the 61st, Beverly of the 143rd, Boddie of the 62nd, Jackson of the 64th, Thomas of the 39th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 12 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commissions and other agencies, so as to create the Georgia Equity and Fairness Commission; to provide for members and officers; to provide for meetings, quorum, and compensation; to provide for the commission's duties and powers; to provide for reporting; to provide a... |
2021 |
|
| Bruce, Roger 61st; Beverly, James 143rd; Boddie, William 62nd; Jackson, Derrick 64th; Thomas, Erica 39th; Bazemore, Debra 63rd |
2021 GA H.B. 541 (NS) |
2021 Georgia House Bill No. 541, Georgia One Hundred Fifty-Sixth General Assembly - 2021-2022 Regular Session (2/22/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
Georgia Equity and Fairness Commission Act; enact House Bill 541 By: Representatives Bruce of the 61st, Beverly of the 143rd, Boddie of the 62nd, Jackson of the 64th, Thomas of the 39th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 12 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to commissions and other agencies, so as to create the Georgia Equity and Fairness Commission; to provide for members and officers; to provide for meetings, quorum, and compensation; to provide for the commission's duties and powers; to provide for reporting; to provide a... |
2021 |
|
| Senate, Sen. Christopher Belt and Elgie R. Sims, Jr.-Jacqueline Y. Collins-Doris Turner,, (Rep. Sonya M. Harper-Carol Ammons-LaToya Greenwood-Camille Y. Lilly-Debbie Meyers-Martin) |
2021 IL S.B. 166 (NS) |
2021 Illinois Senate Bill No. 166, Illinois One Hundred Second General Assembly - First Regular Session (6/25/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Establishes the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program as a part of the College Savings Pool (currently, not a part of the College Savings Pool), subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Requires the Department of Public Health and the Department of Revenue to provide the State Treasurer with specified information concerning eligible children under the Program. Modifies provisions concerning seed funds, unclaimed seed funds, and incentives and partnerships. Establishes the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program Fund as a special fund in... |
2021 |
|
| Senate, Sen. Christopher Belt and Elgie R. Sims, Jr.-Jacqueline Y. Collins-Doris Turner,, (Rep. Sonya M. Harper-Carol Ammons-LaToya Greenwood-Camille Y. Lilly-Debbie Meyers-Martin) |
2021 IL S.B. 166 (NS) |
2021 Illinois Senate Bill No. 166, Illinois One Hundred Second General Assembly - First Regular Session (6/1/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Establishes the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program as a part of the College Savings Pool (currently, not a part of the College Savings Pool), subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Requires the Department of Public Health and the Department of Revenue to provide the State Treasurer with specified information concerning eligible children under the Program. Modifies provisions concerning seed funds, unclaimed seed funds, and incentives and partnerships. Establishes the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program Fund as a special fund in... |
2021 |
|
| Rep. Dylan Fernandes (D) |
2021 MA H.B. 3718 (NS) |
2021 Massachusetts House Bill No. 3718, The 192nd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2/19/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
An Act teaching anti-racism in Massachusetts schools Section 72. (a) There shall be a permanent commission on anti-racist education to consist of: the commissioner of elementary and secondary education or a designee; 1 member appointed by the Massachusetts Asian American Commission; 1 member appointed by the Latino Advisory Commission; 1 member appointed by the by the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs; 3 historians specializing in racism in America appointed by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education; 2 members appointed by the Boston branch of NAACP... |
2021 |
|
| |
IL LEGIS 101-657 (2020) |
S.B. 1608 2020 Ill. Legis. Serv. P.A. 101-657 (S.B. 1608) (WEST) (Approved: March 23, 2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
|
AN ACT concerning State government. |
2021 |
|