First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
ENGROSSED
LLS NO. R25-0789.01 Faith Marcovecchio x4331
HJR25-1012
House Committees Senate Committees
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25-1012
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ONCERNING THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPTURE OF101
THE U.S.S. PUEBLO BY NORTH KOREA.102
WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was originally launched as a1
United States Army cargo ship in 1944 but was transferred to the United2
States Navy and renamed the U.S.S. Pueblo in 1966; and3
WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was named for the city of Pueblo,4
Colorado, and the county of Pueblo, Colorado, and was the third ship in5
the naval fleet to bear the name Pueblo; and6
WHEREAS, After leaving Japan in early January 1968 on an7
intelligence mission, the U.S.S. Pueblo was attacked by the North Korean8
military on January 23, 1968; and9
HOUSE
Final Reading
February 7, 2025
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Martinez and Luck, Carter, Armagost, Bacon, Barron, Boesenecker, Bottoms, Bradfield,
Bradley, Brown, Caldwell, Camacho, Clifford, Duran, Espenoza, Feret, Froelich, Garcia
Sander, Gilchrist, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Hartsook, Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Keltie, Lieder,
Lukens, Mabrey, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, Paschal, Pugliese, Richardson, Ricks,
Rydin, Smith, Soper, Stewart K., Stewart R., Story, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Velasco,
Weinberg, Winter T., Woodrow, Woog, Bird, Brooks, DeGraaf, English, Lindsay, Lindstedt,
Phillips, Rutinel, Sirota, Suckla, Willford
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Pelton R. and Hinrichsen,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. WHEREAS, According to United States naval authorities and the1
crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo, the ship was in international waters at the time2
of the attack; and3
WHEREAS, Navy Fireman Duane Hodges of the U.S.S. Pueblo4
was killed during the attack, and 80 crew members and two civilian5
oceanographers were captured and held for 11 months by the North6
Korean government; and7
WHEREAS, This year marks the fifty-seventh anniversary of8
North Korea's attack on the U.S.S. Pueblo and her crew; and9
WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo is still in commission in the10
United States Navy but continues to be held by the North Korean11
government and is currently in a museum in Pyongyang, North Korea;12
now, therefore,13
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth14
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:15
(1) That we, the members of the General Assembly, recognize the16
bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo;17
(2) That we take pride in the fact that the U.S.S. Pueblo bears the18
name of a city and a county in Colorado, and, therefore, the citizens of19
Colorado should be aware of the incident that occurred with the U.S.S.20
Pueblo 57 years ago;21
(3) That we continue the call for Kim Jong Un and the North22
Korean government to return the U.S.S. Pueblo to the people of the23
United States; and24
(4) That we designate January 23 of each year as "U.S.S. Pueblo25
Day", a day to remember and honor the brave crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo.26
Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent27
to President Donald J.Trump; Governor Jared Polis; and the members of28
Colorado's Congressional delegation.29
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