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FL S1570

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/11/2015

Primary Sponsor

Eleanor Sobel

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes the week of April 12-19, 2015, as "Days of Remembrance" in Florida
  • Designates April 16, 2015, as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" (Yom HaShoah) in Florida
  • Acknowledges the Holocaust as the systematic persecution and murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945
  • Recognizes that Roma, Poles, persons with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents also suffered persecution and death under Nazi tyranny
  • Encourages Florida residents to rededicate themselves to principles of human dignity and individual freedom to ensure such atrocities are never repeated

Legislative Description

Days of Remembrance and Holocaust Remembrance Day

Last Action

Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9013 (Adopted), SR 1634 (Adopted)

4/14/2015

Full Bill Text

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