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MI SB0065
Bill
Status
2/2/2021
Primary Sponsor
Stephanie Chang
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AI Summary
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Designates January 30 of each year as "Fred Korematsu Day" in Michigan to honor civil liberties contributions.
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Adds Section 4 to 2003 PA 225, which recognizes Fred Korematsu's resistance to Japanese American internment during World War II and his legal challenge to Executive Order 9066.
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Documents Korematsu's arrest at age 23 in 1942 for refusing to report to an internment camp, his conviction, and his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark December 1944 case Korematsu v. United States.
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Notes that Korematsu's conviction was vacated on November 10, 1983, and he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998 from President Clinton.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.
Legislative Description
Holidays: other; "Fred Korematsu Day"; designate as January 30 of each year. Amends title of 2003 PA 225 (MCL 435.301 - 435.303) & adds sec. 4.
Holidays: other
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
2/2/2021