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HI SCR113

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/12/2013

Primary Sponsor

Suzanne Chun Oakland

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes Juneteenth National Freedom Day on June 19 of each year in Hawaii
  • Commemorates the oldest African-American holiday observance in the United States, celebrating the abolishment of slavery
  • Notes that news of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery reached enslaved people in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas on June 19, 1865
  • Acknowledges Juneteenth as a reminder of the status and importance of Americans of African descent as American citizens
  • Directs transmission of a certified copy of the resolution to the Governor

Legislative Description

Juneteenth National Freedom Day; June 19

Last Action

Referred to JDL/TEC.

3/19/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Labor3/19/2013

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