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ID SCR119
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/13/2020
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Designates November 7 in 2020 and each succeeding year as Victims of Communism Memorial Day in Idaho.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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