Bill Text: MI HR0142 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to commemorate August 26, 2019, as the 99th anniversary of the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment by the Congress of the United States.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-27 - Adopted [HR0142 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HR0142-Enrolled.html
house resolution no.142
Reps. Glenn, Love, Shannon, and Stone offered the following resolution:
Whereas, Congress proposed the Nineteenth Amendment on June 4, 1919; and
Whereas, On June 10, 1919, the first three states ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, including Michigan; and
Whereas, Over a year later on August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment; and
Whereas, On August 26, 1920, U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the Nineteenth Amendment, and women finally achieved the long-sought right to vote in the United States; and
Whereas, On November 2, 1920, millions of women across the United States voted in elections for the first time; and
Whereas, Each year to follow, more women have been participating in elections and public service, including the record-high 53 women currently serving in the Michigan House of Representatives; and
Whereas, This would have not have been possible without the decades of hard work and sacrifices made by those who contributed to making the Nineteenth Amendment a reality; and
Whereas, We recognize and honor those individuals who changed the course of our history and opened so many doors for women in America; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body commemorate August 26, 2019, as the 99th anniversary of the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment by the Congress of the United States.
