Text: HF00333 Text: HF00335 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 1C.12 BILL OF RIGHTS DAY. 1 2 The governor of this state is hereby authorized and 1 3 requested to issue annually a proclamation designating the 1 4 fifteenth day of December as "Bill of Rights Day" and to 1 5 encourage all governmental bodies in the state to observe the 1 6 day in a manner that emphasizes the meaning and importance of 1 7 the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, 1 8 and declare that the Bill of Rights should be read aloud in 1 9 its entirety in all public schools, government meetings, and 1 10 courtrooms on that date. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 This bill authorizes and requests the governor to issue 1 13 annually a proclamation designating December 15, the month and 1 14 day of ratification in 1791, as "Bill of Rights Day", and to 1 15 encourage all governmental bodies in the state to observe the 1 16 day in a manner that emphasizes the meaning and importance of 1 17 the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution, and 1 18 declare that the Bill of Rights should be read aloud in its 1 19 entirety in all public schools, government meetings, and 1 20 courtrooms on that date. 1 21 LSB 1999HH 78 1 22 kh/sc/14
Text: HF00333 Text: HF00335 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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