H.C.R. No. 33 Summary

• Urges the United States Congress to pass and the President to sign legislation designating June 19 as a federal holiday named Juneteenth Independence Day.

• Commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of slavery and the Civil War to enslaved people in southwestern states.

• Notes that Juneteenth has been celebrated for more than 150 years by African Americans and is now observed in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

• Acknowledges that Ohio Revised Code Section 5.2247 already designates June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day, and the U.S. Senate passed S. Res. 253 in 2019 designating the date.

• Directs the House Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the U.S. Senate leadership, House leadership, the President, Ohio's congressional delegation, and Ohio news media.