Bill Text: IA SF2380 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act to designate February 1 of each year as George Washington Carver Day. Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-16 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 943. [SF2380 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2380-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
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AN
ACT
TO
DESIGNATE
FEBRUARY
1
OF
EACH
YEAR
AS
GEORGE
WASHINGTON
CARVER
DAY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
1C.17
George
Washington
Carver
Day.
The
governor
of
this
state
is
hereby
authorized
and
requested
to
issue
annually
a
proclamation
designating
the
first
day
of
February
as
George
Washington
Carver
Day
and
to
encourage
all
governmental
entities,
civic
organizations,
schools,
and
institutions
of
higher
education
in
the
state
to
observe
the
day
in
a
manner
that
emphasizes
the
meaning
and
importance
of
the
scientific
and
agricultural
accomplishments
and
global
humanitarian
achievements
of
professor
Carver
and
to
acknowledge
the
Iowa
educational
institutions,
Simpson
college
Senate
File
2380,
p.
2
and
Iowa
state
university,
that
allowed
George
Washington
Carver
to
persevere
through
racial
barriers
and
fulfill
his
potential
as
a
human
being.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2380,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
