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ND HB1527

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/25/2025

Primary Sponsor

Roger Maki

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Origin

House of Representatives

69th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Mandates Holocaust education as part of the world history course required under North Dakota law (section 15.1-21-02)

  • Defines "antisemitism" using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition adopted May 26, 2016, as incorporated in Presidential Executive Order 13899 (December 11, 2019)

  • Defines "Holocaust" as the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Third Reich and its allies during World War II

  • Required curriculum topics include: causes and ramifications of the Holocaust, history of antisemitism, the concentration camp system, Jewish and non-Jewish resistance, post-WWII trials, and connections to ethnic, racial, and religious intolerance

  • Curriculum must cover the leading role played by the United States and U.S. armed forces in responding to the Holocaust

Legislative Description

Required Holocaust education.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 22 nays 24

4/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Education3/7/2025
Education1/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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