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ID SCR128
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/13/2018
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Designates March 1, 2018, through March 2, 2020, as a period of preparation for the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which occurs on August 18, 2020.
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Encourages Idahoans to plan commemoration activities honoring and recognizing women leaders of the past and present.
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Recognizes Idaho's early suffrage history: Idaho became the fourth state to grant women voting rights in 1896, and elected the first woman Superintendent of Public Instruction (Permeal French) and three women state representatives in 1898.
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Calls for fostering future women leaders and advancing women's leadership in business and politics.
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Promotes voter participation and exercise of voting rights by women.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and encouraging Idahoans to use March 1, 2018, through March 2, 2020, as a period of preparation for the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment and to plan commemoration activities that will honor and recognize women leaders of the past and present, foster women leaders of the future, advance women's leadership in business and politics, and encourage women to vote.
CENTENNIAL OF THE PASSAGE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT
Last Action
Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Secretary of State
3/13/2018