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HR 175

A Resolution designating May 20, 2025, as "Jimmy Stewart Day" in Pennsylvania.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Jake Banta and 17 co-sponsors

Designates September 19, 2025 as POW/MIA Recognition Day in Michigan and directs flying the POW/MIA flag to honor and reaffirm the commitment to account for missing service members

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Bill Summary · HR 175

Summary — HR 175 (Michigan)

A resolution to declare September 19, 2025, as POW/MIA Recognition Day in the state of Michigan

Main purpose

HR 175 is a ceremonial House resolution that designates September 19, 2025, as POW/MIA Recognition Day in Michigan. It honors military personnel who were taken prisoner of war (POW) or listed as missing in action (MIA), expresses the state's commitment to achieving the fullest possible accounting for those individuals, and directs that the POW/MIA flag be flown on that date alongside the U.S. and Michigan flags.

Key provisions and language

  • Declares September 19, 2025, as POW/MIA Recognition Day in the State of Michigan.
  • Recognizes the nation’s and Michigan’s obligation to seek the fullest possible accounting for service members who remain POW or MIA.
  • States that the black-and-white POW/MIA flag will be flown on September 19 with the U.S. and Michigan flags as a reminder of the ongoing commitment to find, repatriate, and honor these service members.
  • Expresses gratitude to those who served and to families of the missing and captured.

The resolution cites national and state counts: over 80,000 Americans listed as POW/MIA since World War II (including more than 71,000 from World War II, ~7,000 Korean War, ~100 Cold War, ~1,500 Vietnam War, and seven from Gulf Wars/Libya). It notes Michigan’s totals (as stated in the text): 2,445 from World War II; 328 from the Korean War; 5 from the Cold War; and 48 from the Vietnam War.

Who is affected

  • Primarily symbolic: honors veterans, POW/MIA service members, and their families.
  • State government entities responsible for flag displays (capitol and other state facilities) are implicated in the ceremonial instruction to fly the POW/MIA flag on the designated day.
  • The resolution does not create new programs, benefits, or regulatory obligations.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Classification: House resolution (ceremonial).
  • Introduced: September 3, 2025 (per bill information).
  • Status: Adopted by the Michigan House (listed as adopted on September 3, 2025).
  • Because it is a resolution of recognition and not a statute, it has no implementation timetable or appropriations.

Fiscal and legal effect

  • No direct fiscal impact or change to law; the resolution is symbolic and declaratory. Any costs (e.g., flag display logistics) would be routine and minimal for state agencies already maintaining ceremonial flag protocols.

Sponsors and support

  • Offered by a group of House members including Reps. Denise Mentzer, MacDonell, Koleszar, Robinson, Martus, Hope, Hoskins, Rogers, Snyder, Pohutsky, Price, among others (resolution lists many co-sponsors).

Context/Significance

  • POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed nationally to remember service members unaccounted for from past conflicts and to reaffirm commitments to locate and repatriate them. This resolution formalizes the state’s observance for September 19, 2025, and provides an official expression of recognition and gratitude by the Michigan House of Representatives.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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