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ID SCR119

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

2/13/2020

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

Senate

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates November 7 in 2020 and each succeeding year as Victims of Communism Memorial Day in Idaho.

  • Cites the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and subsequent communist regimes under leaders including Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, and the Castro brothers as having caused decades of oppression and violence.

  • States that communist regimes worldwide have killed more than 100 million people and subjected countless others to human rights abuses, including suppression of freedom of religion, speech, and association.

  • Notes that President Donald Trump declared November 7, 2017, as a National Day for the Victims of Communism and that Congress authorized the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

  • Requires the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and post it on the Legislature's website.

Legislative Description

Stating findings of the Legislature and designating November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day.

VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL DAY

Last Action

Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Secretary of State

2/13/2020

Committee Referrals

State Affairs2/3/2020
Judiciary and Rules1/29/2020

Full Bill Text

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