MI SR0137

Acknowledges the 55th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965.

Honors the civil rights movement and key events leading to the Act's passage, including "Bloody Sunday" (March 7, 1965) when state troopers attacked peaceful marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

Recognizes the Act as landmark, bipartisan legislation that eliminated poll taxes, provided federal oversight of voter registration, and enfranchised millions of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color voters.

Notes that despite 55 years of progress, discriminatory voting barriers persist in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination, particularly following the Supreme Court's 2013 decision striking down key sections of the Act.

Calls for continued advancement of voter equality and protection of voting rights for every American.