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FL H9013

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/6/2015

Primary Sponsor

Richard Stark

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates April 12-19, 2015, as "Days of Remembrance" in Florida to honor Holocaust victims and survivors.
  • Designates April 16, 2015, as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in Florida, corresponding with Yom HaShoah observed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
  • Acknowledges that the Holocaust resulted in the murder of six million Jews between 1933 and 1945, and that millions of others including Roma, Poles, persons with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents were persecuted and killed.
  • Encourages Florida citizens to rededicate themselves to principles of human dignity and individual freedom to ensure such atrocities are never repeated.

Legislative Description

Holocaust Remembrance Day and Week

Last Action

Adopted by Publication, companion bill(s) passed, see SR 1570 (Adopted), SR 1634 (Adopted)

4/16/2015

Full Bill Text

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