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WV HCR59

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Elias Coop-Gonzalez

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates November 7 as "Victims of Communism Memorial Day" in West Virginia for 2025 and each succeeding year

  • Commemorates the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and acknowledges that communist regimes worldwide have killed more than 100 million people

  • Recognizes human rights abuses under communist governments, including suppression of freedom of religion, speech, and association in more than 40 nations

  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to send a copy of the resolution to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C.

  • Requires posting of the day's designation on the legislature's website

Legislative Description

Victims of Communism Day

Last Action

To House Rules

2/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/20/2025

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