Colorado 2022 Regular Session

Colorado House Bill HJR1020 Compare Versions

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1	1		Second Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-third General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~REVISED~~
	4	+	ENGROSSED
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7	7		LLS NO. R22-0985.01 Asia Merrill x4829
8	8		HJR22-1020
9	9		House Committees Senate Committees
10	10		HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1020
11	11		C
12	12		ONCERNING THE COMME MORATION OF THE HOLOCAUST.101
13	13		WHEREAS, The genesis of genocide begins not with violence but1
14	14		with words; and2
15	15		WHEREAS, Prejudice, bigotry, bias, and racism have been the3
16	16		causes of conflict, war, and mass atrocities throughout human history; and4
17	17		WHEREAS, The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic,5
18	18		state-sponsored persecution and murder of Jews by the Nazi regime and6
19	19		its collaborators in Germany and occupied lands; and7
20	20		WHEREAS, The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in8
21	21		January 1933, asserted that Germans were racially superior and that Jews9
22	22		and others were inferior and an alien threat to the so-called German racial10
23	23		community; and11
24		-	SENATE
25		-	Final Reading
26		-	May 6, 2022
27	24		HOUSE
28	25		Final Reading
29	26		April 28, 2022
30	27		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
31	28		Michaelson Jenet and Pelton, Amabile, Bacon, Baisley, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird,
32	29		Bockenfeld, Boesenecker, Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Duran,
33	30		Esgar, Exum, Froelich, Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Herod, Holtorf, Hooton,
34	31		Jodeh, Kennedy, Kipp, Larson, Lindsay, Lontine, Luck, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick,
35	32		McKean, McLachlan, Mullica, Neville, Ortiz, Pico, Ransom, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, Sandridge,
36	33		Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van Beber, Van
37	34		Winkle, Weissman, Will, Williams, Woog, Young
38	35		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
39		-	Fenberg and Gardner, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cooke, Danielson, Donovan, Fields,
40		-	Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lee,
41		-	Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Simpson, Smallwood,
42		-	Sonnenberg, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger
	36	+	Fenberg and Gardner,
43	37		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
44	38		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
45	39		Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. WHEREAS, Hitler used antisemitism as a political weapon to gain1
46	40		popular support, blaming Jews for all of Germany's problems, including2
47	41		the country's defeat in World War I, the economic depression, and the3
48	42		Bolshevik threat of communism; it made little difference that Hitler's4
49	43		accusations were blatantly contradictory and his so-called facts were5
50	44		fabricated; and6
51	45		WHEREAS, Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its7
52	46		collaborators murdered 6 million Jews (two out of every three Jews who8
53	47		lived throughout Europe), 1.5 million of whom were children, as well as9
54	48		5 million other civilians, including Sinti, Roma, people with intellectual10
55	49		or developmental disabilities, gay men, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet11
56	50		prisoners of war, and political dissidents; and12
57	51		WHEREAS, We recall that in the aftermath of war, Israel, a close13
58	52		ally and friend of the United States, became a refuge for many survivors14
59	53		who endured the ravages of the Holocaust and has remained a sanctuary15
60	54		for Jews worldwide seeking safety ever since; and16
61	55		WHEREAS, We gratefully acknowledge the more than 26,50017
62	56		non-Jews who, at great risk to themselves, saved Jews during the18
63	57		Holocaust from extermination and have been designated Righteous19
64	58		Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance20
65	59		Center; and21
66	60		WHEREAS, Today, as we mourn the loss of those who were killed22
67	61		and consider the terrible experiences of those who suffered and lived23
68	62		through the Holocaust, we note that antisemitic acts are not a thing of the24
69	63		past: According to the Anti-Defamation League, the number of reported25
70	64		antisemitic incidents in Colorado has reached a 40-year high, with 9226
71	65		incidents, which is a 53 percent increase from the 60 incidents reported27
72	66		in 2020; nationally, antisemitic incidents remain at a historically high28
73	67		level, with well over half of Jewish Americans experiencing or directly29
74	68		witnessing some form of antisemitic incident; and globally, there has also30
75	69		been an increase in antisemitic incidents, and some Jews feel more31
76	70		isolated and vulnerable as a result; and32
77	71		WHEREAS, We must also acknowledge that ethnic cleansing,33
78	72		genocide, terrorism, crimes against humanity, and wars on civilian34
79	73		populations are not relics of the past; and35
80	74		1020
81	75		-2- WHEREAS, Regretfully, the phrase "Never Again" has become1
82	76		"Yet Again", as we see today and in the recent past so much brutality in2
83	77		places like Myanmar, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Bosnia, Cambodia, Ukraine,3
84	78		Rwanda, the Central African Republic, Sudan, and South Sudan; and4
85	79		WHEREAS, Today, while we remember the Holocaust, we focus5
86	80		our attention on the passing of Holocaust survivors who provided6
87	81		firsthand accounts of the terrors they endured, leaving their children and7
88	82		grandchildren as the last generations to know the stories of the Holocaust8
89	83		directly from those who lived through it; and9
90	84		WHEREAS, While we are fortunate that several organizations in10
91	85		Colorado are dedicated to retelling the stories of the Holocaust and other11
92	86		genocides, it is not enough; far too many people, including most students,12
93	87		need more opportunities to learn about these atrocities so they are not13
94	88		repeated; and14
95	89		WHEREAS, It is our responsibility to bear witness to the truth of15
96	90		the horrors of the Holocaust, its many lessons, and to prevent hateful16
97	91		words from building up like the bricks that built Auschwitz; now,17
98	92		therefore,18
99	93		Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third19
100	94		General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:20
101	95		That we, the members of the General Assembly:21
102	96		(1) Commemorate the Holocaust;22
103	97		(2) Promote anti-bias, bullying prevention, and Holocaust and23
104	98		genocide education programs in school districts and universities to24
105	99		prevent antisemitic incidents that target Jewish students as a result of their25
106	100		actual or perceived support of the state of Israel; and26
107	101		(3) Declare that the people of Colorado should understand the27
108	102		power of words, remember the great injustices of the past, and commit to28
109	103		preventing such atrocities in the future.29
110	104		Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent30
111	105		to the Jewish Community Relations Council of JEWISHcolorado; the31
112	106		Mountain States regional office of the Anti-Defamation League; the32
113	107		Coalition Against Global Genocide; the Holocaust Awareness Institute at33
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115	109		-3- the University of Denver's Center for Judaic Studies; the Interfaith1
116	110		Alliance of Colorado; the Mizel Museum; the Denver Parks and2
117	111		Recreation Department's Babi Yar Park; the Mountain States office of the3
118	112		Jewish National Fund; the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in4
119	113		Washington, D.C.; and the University of Colorado Boulder Program in5
120	114		Jewish Studies.6
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