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FL S1974

Resolution

Status

Passed

2/10/2022

Primary Sponsor

Lori Berman

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes April 24 through May 1, 2022, as the "Days of Remembrance" and April 28, 2022 (Yom HaShoah), as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in Florida
  • Acknowledges the Holocaust as the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, resulting in the murder of six million Jewish people
  • Recognizes additional victim groups targeted under Nazi tyranny, including Roma, Poles, persons with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents
  • Aligns with the designation made by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council pursuant to Public Law No. 96-388 (October 7, 1980)
  • Encourages Florida residents to rededicate themselves to principles of human dignity and individual freedom in honor of survivors, victims, rescuers, and liberators

Legislative Description

Days of Remembrance and Holocaust Remembrance Day

Last Action

Adopted

2/10/2022

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