AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Senate Joint Resolution

No. 10

Introduced by Senator Anderson
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia, Lackey, Nazarian,
and Voepel)
July 20, 2017

Senate Joint Resolution No. 10—Relative to Falun Gong.
legislative counsel’s digest

SJR 10, as amended, Anderson. Falun Gong.
This measure would express the Legislature’s support for for, and
condemn any government-sanctioned persecution of, Falun Gong
practitioners in China, practitioners, as specified. The measure would
also urge the government of the People’s Republic of China to
immediately end the persecution of, and forced organ harvesting from,
Falun Gong practitioners, and urge the President of the United States
to undertake an investigation into organ transplant practices in the
People’s Republic of China. urge the President and the Congress of
the United States to condemn any government-sanctioned persecution
of Falun Gong practitioners.
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WHEREAS, Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a spiritual
practice involving meditative “qigong” exercises and is centered
on the values of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance; and
WHEREAS, Falun Gong became immensely popular in China
in the 1990s, and by early 1999, according to the New York Times,
the Chinese government estimated that more than 70 million
Chinese practiced Falun Gong; and

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WHEREAS, Falun Gong is now practiced around the world,
including many practitioners in California, and practitioners have
been steadfast in demanding the safeguarding of their human rights
and dignity through nonviolent means; and
WHEREAS, The United States House of Representatives passed
House Resolution 343 in June 2016, expressing concern regarding
reports of nonconsenting organ removal from prisoners of
conscience; and
WHEREAS, Between 3,000 and 4,000 practitioners of Falun
Gong marched on Market Street in San Francisco on October 25,
2016, to raise awareness of the alleged mistreatment of Falun
Gong practitioners imprisoned in China; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature expresses support for
Falun Gong practitioners’ 18-year nonviolent resistance against
persecution, which exemplifies uncompromising courage and
human spirit; and be it further
Resolved,
That
the
Legislature
condemns
any
government-sanctioned persecution of Falun Gong practitioners
in the People’s Republic of China or elsewhere; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges the President and the
Congress of the United States to condemn any
government-sanctioned persecution of Falun Gong practitioners
in the People’s Republic of China or elsewhere; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
All matter omitted in this version of the bill
appears in the bill as introduced in the
Senate, July 20, 2017. (JR11)

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