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FL H9003

Resolution

Status

Introduced

12/3/2015

Primary Sponsor

Richard Stark

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the week of May 1-8, 2016, as "Days of Remembrance" in Florida, aligning with the federal designation by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council under Public Law 96-388.

  • Designates May 5, 2016, as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in Florida, corresponding with Yom HaShoah.

  • Acknowledges the Holocaust as Nazi Germany's systematic persecution and annihilation of six million Jews between 1933 and 1945.

  • Recognizes that Roma (Gypsies), Poles, persons with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents also suffered grievous oppression and death under Nazi tyranny.

  • 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 HR 9017 (Adopted), SR 1728 (Adopted)

3/4/2016

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