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SR 35

A resolution to recognize April 23-24, 2025, as Holocaust Remembrance Day.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Stephanie Chang and 4 co-sponsors

Recognizes April 23–24, 2025 as Holocaust Remembrance Day; a symbolic, nonbinding resolution urging remembrance and education to counter antisemitism and hatred.

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Bill Summary · SR 35

Summary — SR 35 (2025): Recognizing April 23–24, 2025 as Holocaust Remembrance Day

Status: Adopted by the Senate (Adopted April 24, 2025)
Primary sponsor: Senator Jeremy Moss (with Senators Chang, McMorrow, Polehanki, Wojno listed as co‑sponsors/lead sponsors in the adopted version)

Purpose and intent

SR 35 is a non‑binding Senate resolution formally recognizing April 23–24, 2025 as “Holocaust Remembrance Day.” The resolution intends to memorialize the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, reaffirm the obligation to remember the historical facts and moral lessons of the Holocaust, and urge citizens to reflect and act to overcome hatred, bigotry, and intolerance.

Key provisions

  • Officially recognizes April 23–24, 2025 as Holocaust Remembrance Day.
  • Summarizes historical facts about the Holocaust, including the extermination of approximately six million Jews and catastrophic losses in many European Jewish communities (e.g., Poland lost ~90% of its prewar Jewish population).
  • Notes other victim groups persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime (e.g., Roma, people with disabilities, political dissidents, clergy, persons targeted for national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity).
  • Cites recent trends in antisemitism (citing Anti‑Defamation League figures showing a 140% increase in antisemitic incidents, with assaults up 45%, harassment up 184%, and vandalism up 69%).
  • References Michigan law (PA 170 of 2016) requiring age‑ and grade‑appropriate instruction about genocide in grades 8–12, linking remembrance to education.
  • Calls on Michigan citizens to reflect on the victims, survivors, and liberators and to strive to overcome hatred and intolerance “through both learning and remembrance.”

Who is affected

  • The resolution is symbolic and civic in nature; it does not create binding legal obligations or provide funding.
  • Intended audiences include Michigan residents, educators, students (especially given the reference to school curriculum law), community and faith groups, and public institutions that observe commemorative events.
  • Survivors, descendants, and communities affected by the Holocaust and contemporary antisemitism are recognized and memorialized.

Procedural/timeline notes

  • Introduced by Senator Moss and offered by a bipartisan group of sponsors.
  • Adopted by the Senate on April 24, 2025 (listed as “As Adopted by Senate, April 24, 2025”).
  • As a Senate resolution, it expresses the sentiment and intent of the legislative body but is not a statute and does not change law or appropriations.

Expected impact

  • Primarily ceremonial and educational: promotes public remembrance, supports civic and school‑based Holocaust education, and signals the Legislature’s concern about rising antisemitism and other forms of hate.
  • No direct budgetary or regulatory effects.

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

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