Bill Text: MO HB654 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates March 26 of each year as "Veterans of Operation Iraq/Enduring Freedom Day"
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Referred: Veterans (H) [HB654 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2011-HB654-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES FITZWATER (Sponsor), SMITH (71), DIECKHAUS, JONES (117), KELLEY (126), ASBURY, FRAKER, LAUER, REDMON, LANT, WALLINGFORD, THOMSON, CROSS, DAY, LASATER, CONWAY (27), ATKINS, CASEY, WELLS, HARRIS, McCANN BEATTY, McGEOGHEGAN, RIZZO, MAY, HUBBARD, PIERSON, ELLINGER, NICHOLS, TAYLOR, SCHIEFFER, HODGES, McMANUS, WEBB, CARTER, LEACH, FRANKLIN, GRISAMORE, LICHTENEGGER, TALBOY, JONES (63), SCHATZ, COOKSON, SCHARNHORST, DAVIS, SMITH (150), SOLON, HAMPTON, FISHER, WRIGHT, HOUGH, FLANIGAN, LONG, BRATTIN, CURTMAN, KEENEY, WYATT AND LOEHNER (Co-sponsors).
1476L.02I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the designation of veterans of operation Iraq/enduring freedom day.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 9.086, to read as follows:
9.086. In recognition of the courage and unwavering patriotism of those valiant men and women of the armed forces of the United States who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Desert Storm, and all future military operations within the Iraq and Afghanistan regions, March twenty-sixth of each year shall be known and designated as "Veterans of Operation Iraq/Enduring Freedom Day" in Missouri. The citizens of the state of Missouri are encouraged to observe the day with appropriate events, activities, and remembrances in honor of the veterans who bravely fought, served, and sacrificed during the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and in gratitude for their courageous service given and sacrifices made on behalf of our nation.
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