Colorado 2023 Regular Session

Colorado House Bill HJR1009 Compare Versions

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1	1		First Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-fourth General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~REVISED~~
	4	+	ENGROSSED
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7	7		LLS NO. R23-0833.01 Faith Marcovecchio x4331
8	8		HJR23-1009
9	9		House Committees Senate Committees
10	10		HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-1009
11	11		C
12	12		ONCERNING RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS .101
13	13		WHEREAS, The military history of African Americans spans from1
14	14		the arrival of the first enslaved Africans during the colonial history of the2
15	15		United States to the present day; and3
16	16		WHEREAS, African Americans have participated in every war4
17	17		fought by or within the United States, including the Revolutionary War,5
18	18		the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the6
19	19		Spanish-American War, the Indian Wars, World Wars I and II, the7
20	20		Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the wars in8
21	21		Afghanistan and Iraq; and9
22	22		WHEREAS, Nearly 198,000 African-American soldiers served10
23	23		during the Civil War, roughly 350,000 African-American soldiers served11
24	24		during World War I, and another 1.25 million African-American soldiers12
25	25		served during World War II, with many more African Americans serving13
26	26		in the years since World War II; and14
27	27		WHEREAS, On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed15
28	28		Executive Order 9981, integrating the military and mandating equality of16
29		-	SENATE
30		-	Final Reading
31		-	February 13, 2023
32	29		HOUSE
33	30		Final Reading
34	31		February 10, 2023
35	32		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
36	33		Herod and Joseph, Amabile, Armagost, Bacon, Bird, Bockenfeld, Boesenecker, Bottoms,
37	34		Bradfield, Bradley, Brown, Catlin, Daugherty, DeGraaf, deGruy Kennedy, Dickson, Duran,
38	35		English, Evans, Frizell, Froelich, Garcia, Hamrick, Hartsook, Holtorf, Jodeh, Kipp, Lieder,
39	36		Lindsay, Lindstedt, Luck, Lukens, Lynch, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, McCluskie,
40	37		McCormick, McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet, Ortiz, Parenti, Pugliese, Ricks, Sharbini, Sirota,
41	38		Snyder, Soper, Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Vigil, Weinberg, Weissman, Willford, Wilson,
42	39		Woodrow, Young
43	40		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
44		-	Exum and Fields, Baisley, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Fenberg,
45		-	Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lundeen,
46		-	Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Priola, Rich, Roberts, Rodriguez,
47		-	Simpson, Smallwood, Van Winkle, Will, Winter F., Zenzinger
	41	+	Exum and Fields,
48	42		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
49	43		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
50	44		Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. treatment and opportunity for African-American soldiers; and1
51	45		WHEREAS, Desegregation of the military was not complete for2
52	46		several years, and all-African-American units persisted well into the3
53	47		Korean War; and4
54	48		WHEREAS, The last all-African-American unit was not disbanded5
55	49		until 1954; and6
56	50		WHEREAS, Until the Korean War, African-American veterans7
57	51		were precluded from direct access to benefits from the Veterans8
58	52		Administration, which included VA housing loans, employment9
59	53		assistance, unemployment benefits, and health care; and10
60	54		WHEREAS, African Americans continue to serve in the United11
61	55		States military, providing exemplary service, duty, integrity, dedication,12
62	56		and commitment to our great nation; and13
63	57		WHEREAS, Currently, seventeen percent of the United States14
64	58		Armed Forces are African American; now, therefore,15
65	59		Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the16
66	60		Seventy-fourth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate17
67	61		concurring herein:18
68	62		That we, the General Assembly, in recognition of the heroic efforts19
69	63		and great sacrifice of African-American veterans, hereby encourage this20
70	64		commemoration throughout the Senate and House of Representatives.21
71	65		Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent22
72	66		to the Congressional Black Caucus; the National Black Caucus of State23
73	67		Legislators; the Retired Enlisted Association; the Tuskegee Airmen; the24
74	68		Colorado Black Women for Political Action; the National Association for25
75	69		Black Veterans, Inc.; the Colorado Veterans of Foreign Wars; the26
76	70		Colorado American Legion; the United Veterans Committee of Colorado;27
77	71		the Colorado Disabled American Veterans; and the Mountain States28
78	72		Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America.29
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