Roll Call! House Abolishes Columbus Day/Creates Indigenous Peoples’ Day (113-24), 2019
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PASSED
in the State House of Representatives
on April 16, 2019, by a vote of
113-24
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Purpose: To abolish Columbus Day as a state holiday and replace it with “Indigenous People’s Day.”
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Analysis: Those voting YES believe this rights a historical injustice.
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Those voting NO believe that, while Native Americans deserve a day of recognition, it would be more respectful to all sides to give them their own day without eliminating Columbus Day and its source of pride for Americans of Italian decent.
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As Recorded in the House Journal, Tuesday, April 16, 2019: “Shall the bill be read a third time? was decided in the affirmative. Yeas, 113. Nays, 24.” ( Read the Journal, p. 845-848.)
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