Bill Text: MI HB4722 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Holidays: other; "Juneteenth National Freedom Day"; eliminate. Amends title & sec. 1 of 2005 PA 48 (MCL 435.361). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4457'23
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-31 - Assigned Pa 216'23 [HB4722 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4722-Chaptered.html
Act No. 216
Public Acts of 2023
Approved by the Governor
November 22, 2023
Filed with the Secretary of State
November 22, 2023
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2024
state of michigan
102nd Legislature
Regular session of 2023
Introduced by Reps. Scott, Haadsma, Stone, Farhat, Morgan, Tyrone Carter, O’Neal, Neeley, Brenda Carter, Rheingans, MacDonell, Price, Hill, Coleman, Edwards, Breen, Hoskins and Aiyash
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4722
AN ACT to amend 2005 PA 48, entitled “An act to designate the third Saturday in June as Juneteenth National Freedom Day; and to designate November 26 of each year as Sojourner Truth Day in the state of Michigan,” by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 435.361).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
TITLE
An act to designate November 26 of each year as Sojourner Truth Day.
Sec.
1. The legislature recognizes the fundamental contribution Sojourner Truth made
to the abolition of slavery, to the establishment of equal rights for women,
and to several other significant social reform and human justice movements in
the nineteenth century. Truth toured the nation for more than 40 years as a
forceful and passionate advocate for the dispossessed, using her quick wit and
fearless tongue to deliver her message of equality and justice. She lived in
Battle Creek, Michigan, from 1857 until her death on November 26, 1883.
Empowered by her religious faith, the former slave worked tirelessly for many
years to transform national attitudes and institutions. According to Nell
Painter, Princeton professor and Truth biographer, “No other woman who had been
through the ordeal of slavery managed to survive with sufficient strength,
poise, and self-confidence to become a public presence over the long term”. Designating
Sojourner Truth Day in this state not only acknowledges the importance of this
national figure in the antislavery and human justice movements, but it also recognizes
her strong ties to this state during her 26 years of Michigan residence. In
recognition of this great woman, the legislature declares that November 26 of
each year shall be known as “Sojourner Truth Day”.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4457 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
