NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) received the Women’s Legislators Lobby, or WiLL, Pacesetter Award in recognition of her bold leadership in carrying Assembly Joint Resolution 30, “Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act” through the California Legislature.

The resolution called upon Congress to pass H.R. 669, authored by California Representative Ted Lieu (D- Los Angeles County), to prohibit the president from unilaterally authorizing the deployment of nuclear weapons in an offensive attack without specific authorization from Congress.

“I am honored to receive this award and represent the Fourth Assembly District on a national scale,” said Aguiar-Curry. “I admire the work women leaders are doing in our country, and the role WiLL members are playing in bringing attention to critical issues like national security and the use of weapons of mass destruction.”

WiLL is a national nonpartisan network of women state legislators working to influence federal policy and budget priorities.

The Pacesetter Award honors women state legislators who are setting the pace in their state capitals for service, leadership, and progress.

Aguiar-Curry was presented the award at the National Women’s Leadership Conference in Washington, DC.

The conference, entitled “Women at the Tables of Power,” brought together women legislators and community leaders from across the nation to discuss national defense and the federal budget.

“AJR 30 added California’s Legislature to the many voices demanding respect for the balance of powers proposed in H.R. 669,” said Aguiar-Curry. “No one human being should have unilateral authority to wreak nuclear devastation. The law proposed in H.R. 669 would require every U.S. President to collaborate with Congress before an offensive nuclear strike,” said Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry.

AJR 30 was coauthored by 52 members of the California Assembly and was chaptered in 2018.

Aguiar-Curry represents the Fourth Assembly District, which includes all of Lake and Napa Counties, parts of Colusa, Solano and Sonoma Counties, and all of Yolo County except West Sacramento.