Bill Text: MI HB5206 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Holidays; other; "Blue Star Mothers Day"; designate as February 2. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-13)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-09 - Printed Bill Filed 01/09/2014 [HB5206 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5206-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5206

 

January 8, 2014, Introduced by Reps. Brown, Graves, Schmidt, Segal, LaVoy, Clemente, Rogers, Geiss, Cochran, Stanley, Driskell, Slavens, McCann, Kandrevas, Kivela, Abed, Darany, Dianda, Lamonte, Yanez, Brinks, Dillon, Switalski, Phelps, Smiley, Brunner, Cavanagh, Zemke, Irwin, Faris, Singh, Potvin, Hobbs, Leonard, Santana, Knezek, Tlaib, Roberts, Townsend, Kelly, Heise, Kowall, Muxlow, Yonker, Denby, Callton and Howrylak and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.

 

     A bill to designate February 2 of each year as "Blue Star

 

Mothers Day".

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that Blue Star Mothers is a

 

national organization of mothers whose sons and daughters serve

 

honorably in the nation's armed forces. Blue Star Mothers was

 

founded in Flint, Michigan, in 1942. The purposes and activities of

 

Blue Star Mothers include all of the following:

 

     (a) Perpetuating the memory of the men and women who have

 

served our country as members of the armed forces.

 

     (b) Welcoming home returning veterans.

 

     (c) Visiting wounded veterans in hospitals and rehabilitation

 

centers.

 

     (d) Assisting in veterans' ceremonies.

 

     (e) Attending patriotic rallies and meetings.

 

     (f) Maintaining true allegiance to the government of the

 

United States.

 

     (g) Upholding the American institutions of freedom, justice,

 

and equal rights.

 

     (h) Caring for the unsupported mothers who gave their sons or

 

daughters to the service of the nation.

 

     (i) Providing moral support for members.

 

     (2) In recognition of the contributions that Blue Star Mothers

 

has made to our state and nation, the legislature declares that

 

February 2 of each year shall be known as "Blue Star Mothers Day".