Bill Text: IA HF222 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act to designate December 28 of each year as Iowa Statehood Day.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-11 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 301. [HF222 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF222-Introduced.html

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House File 222 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  SMITH

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to designate December 28 of each year as Iowa Statehood
  2    Day.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  1C.17  Iowa Statehood Day.
  1  2    The governor of this state is hereby authorized and
  1  3 requested to issue annually a proclamation designating the
  1  4 twenty=eighth day of December as Iowa Statehood Day and to
  1  5 encourage all governmental entities, civic organizations,
  1  6 schools, and institutions of higher education in the state to
  1  7 observe the day in a manner that celebrates the history of Iowa
  1  8 and Iowa's entrance into statehood.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 11 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 12    This bill designates December 28 of each year as Iowa
  1 13 Statehood Day.  This designation does not make the day a state
  1 14 holiday.
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